TAPSET::STRING(3stap)

✨ NAME ✨

tapset::string — the systemtap string tapset, aka the place where all your string-handling besties live 💖

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the index page for the whole string tapset — every function here is a lil legend that does string stuff in SystemTap. Each one has its own full glow-up of a manpage, so tap through for the details 💅

Here's the full roster, no cap, nothing skipped:

• strlen — Returns the length of a string
  • See function::strlen(3stap) for details.
• substr — Returns a substring
  • See function::substr(3stap) for details.
• stringat — Returns the char at a given position in the string
  • See function::stringat(3stap) for details.
• isinstr — Returns whether a string is a substring of another string
  • See function::isinstr(3stap) for details.
• strpos — Returns location of a substring within another string
  • See function::strpos(3stap) for details.
• text_str — Escape any non-printable chars in a string
  • See function::text_str(3stap) for details.
• text_strn — Escape any non-printable chars in a string
  • See function::text_strn(3stap) for details.
• - strtol — Convert a string to a long
  • See function::-strtol(3stap) for details.
• isdigit — Checks for a digit
  • See function::isdigit(3stap) for details.
• string_quoted — Quotes a given string
  • See function::string_quoted(3stap) for details.

bestie the <pink>strtol</pink> one really said "my name has a hyphen in it and I'm not explaining why" 💀 keep it exactly as written, she's iconic like that.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole squad, fr fr — go read them all:

• function::strlen(3stap)
• function::substr(3stap)
• function::stringat(3stap)
• function::isinstr(3stap)
• function::strpos(3stap)
• function::text_str(3stap)
• function::text_strn(3stap)
• function::-(3stap)
• function::strtol(3stap)
• function::isdigit(3stap)
• function::string_quoted(3stap)
• stap(1)
• stapprobes(3stap)

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie — go forth and string-manipulate responsibly 🫶 This was SystemTap Tapset Reference, September 2026 edition, aka the TAPSET::STRING(3stap) era. slay ✨👑