string(3)

✨ NAME ✨

string — string operations, periodt. okay so this is string(3), the library functions manual page that gathers every string-function bestie under one roof 💖. It’s giving master-index energy, and we’re obsessed.

📚 LIBRARY 📚

This one lives in the Standard C library — libc, -lc — no cap 🫶.

🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

#include <string.h>
#include <strings.h>

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay bestie, here’s the full string squad, grouped by vibe. Every single function below is on the list — no skips, no cuts, no “I’ll just mention a few” behavior. The way this page keeps all of them is honestly iconic 🔥.

🎀 Copy

• strcpy(3) ✨
• stpcpy(3) 💫

🧵 Catenate

• strcat(3) 🌸

🦋 Duplicate

• strdup(3) 🎀
• strdupa(3) 🎀

👑 Compare

• streq(3) ⭐
• strcmp(3) ⭐
• strcasecmp(3) ⭐
• strcoll(3) ⭐
• strverscmp(3) ⭐

🔍 Search

• strlen(3) 🔎
• strnul(3) 🔎
• strchrnul(3) 🔎
• strchr(3) 🔎
• strrchr(3) 🔎
• strpbrk(3) 🔎
• strstr(3) 🔎
• strcasestr(3) 🔎
• strspn(3) 🔎
• strcspn(3) 🔎

✂️ Separate

• strsep(3) 💅
• strtok(3) 💅

🌈 Others

• strxfrm(3) 🧚

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

• memory.h(3head) — another page for the reading list 👀
• string_copying(7) — also on the reading list, bestie 🌟

mwah 💋 — this page is from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-08-10. bye bestie, go slay your strings 🫶💖