SRCH_STRINGS(1)

✨ SRCH_STRINGS ✨

okay bestie so we're looking at srch_strings, section 1 of the manual — it's the little cutie that displays printable strings inside files. 💖 she's part of the SleuthKit family and she's literally just here to dig the readable stuff out of your binaries. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

srch_strings [options] [files]

that's it, that's the whole vibe. options go in, files go in, strings come out. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -a — scan the entire file, not just the data section. like, all of it. every last byte gets a vibe check. 👑
• -f — print the name of the file before each string. so you know which file is talking, iykyk. 🗂️
• -n number, -number — hunt down and print any NUL-terminated sequence of at least number characters. the default is 4, so if you don't say anything she assumes you want four or more. 🧚
• -t {o,x,d} — print where the string lives, in base 8, base 10 or base 16. your radix, your choice. 🔢
• -o — literally just an alias for --radix=o. same energy, shorter name. 💫
• -e {s,S,b,l,B,L} — pick your character size and endianness: s = 7-bit, S = 8-bit, {b,l} = 16-bit, {B,L} = 32-bit. yes the case matters, don't come for me. 🦋
• -h — display command line help. she'll explain herself. 🫶
• -v — print the program's version number. main character needs her credentials shown. ⭐

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• strings(1) — the OG cousin, go say hi. 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The SleuthKit is copyright (c) Brian Carrier. 🩷

This manual page was written by Martin A. Godisch for Debian GNU/Linux, but may be used by others. iconic of him fr fr. 🎀

and that's the whole page bestie — SRCH_STRINGS, Mar 2005, living in SRCH_STRINGS(1) forever. go find some strings, you got this. 💖✨🦋