--data

Only print strings from initialized, loaded data sections in the file. This may reduce the amount ofgarbage in the output, but it also exposes the strings program to any security flaws that may be presentin the BFD library used to scan and load sections. Strings can be configured so that this option is thedefault behaviour. In such cases the -a option can be used to avoid using the BFD library and insteadjust print all of the strings found in the file.

--print-file-name

Print the name of the file before each string.

--help

Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.

--bytes

Print sequences of characters that are at least min-len characters long, instead of the default 4.

--radix

Print the offset within the file before each string. The single character argument specifies the radix ofthe offset---o for octal, x for hexadecimal, or d for decimal.

--encoding

Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found. Possible values for encoding are: s =single-7-bit-byte characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), S = single-8-bit-byte characters, b =16-bit bigendian, l = 16-bit littleendian, B = 32-bit bigendian, L = 32-bit littleendian. Useful forfinding wide character strings. (l and b apply to, for example, Unicode UTF-16/UCS-2 encodings).

--target

Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.

--version

Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.

--include-all-whitespace

By default tab and space characters are included in the strings that are displayed, but other whitespacecharacters, such a newlines and carriage returns, are not. The -w option changes this so that allwhitespace characters are considered to be part of a string.

--output-separator

By default, output strings are delimited by a new-line. This option allows you to supply any string to beused as the output record separator. Useful with --include-all-whitespace where strings may contain new-lines internally.@fileRead command-line options from file. The options read are inserted in place of the original @file option.If file does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not removed.Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace character may be included in an option bysurrounding the entire option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a backslash)may be included by prefixing the character to be included with a backslash. The file may itself containadditional @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.