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            1 .Dd October 8, 2015
            2 .Dt STRINGS 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm strings
            6 .Nd print strings of printable characters in files
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl a
           10 .Op Fl n Ar num
           11 .Op Fl t Ar format
           12 .Op Ar file ...
           13 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           14 .Nm
           15 writes sequences of at least 4 printable characters in each
           16 .Ar file
           17 to stdout.
           18 If no
           19 .Ar file
           20 is given,
           21 .Nm
           22 reads from stdin.
           23 .Sh OPTIONS
           24 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           25 .It Fl a
           26 Scan each
           27 .Ar file
           28 entirely.
           29 This is the default.
           30 .It Fl n Ar num
           31 Print sequences of at least
           32 .Ar num
           33 characters.
           34 The default is 4.
           35 .It Fl t Ar format
           36 Prepend each string with its byte offset, with
           37 .Ar format
           38 being one of
           39 .Sy d , o , x
           40 for decimal, octal or hexadecimal numbers.
           41 .El
           42 .Sh STANDARDS
           43 POSIX.1-2013.
           44 .Pp
           45 The
           46 .Op Fl t
           47 output format has been changed from "%F %s" to "%8lF: %s", with
           48 .Sy F
           49 being one of
           50 .Sy d , o , x .