Tools / strings
Tool · short entry
strings
Prints sequences of printable characters from a file, subject to length and encoding settings.
Before you use it
Use authorized copies. A readable word can be a clue without describing what the program actually does.
Taught in
- find, grep, file, strings, and which 03 · Command line
- file, strings, and strace 13 · Reversing
Also in
- How to recognize an encoding 04 · Code
- Variables, strings, lists, dicts, conditions, loops 04 · Code
This is a short entry. The lessons above are where the idea is taught with evidence and checks.