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Introduction
Working on NT and Win2K means that executables and object files will
many times have embedded UNICODE strings that you cannot easily see with
a standard ASCII strings or grep programs. So we decided to roll our
own. Strings just scans the file you pass it for UNICODE (or ASCII)
strings of a default length of 3 or more UNICODE (or ASCII) characters.
Note that it works under Windows 95 as well.
Using Strings
Usage:
strings [-a] [-f offset] [-b bytes] [-n length] [-o] [-q] [-s] [-u] <file or directory>
Strings takes wild-card expressions for file names, and additional
command line parameters are defined as follows:
Parameter
Description
To search one or more files for the presence of a particular string
using strings use a command like this:
strings * | findstr /i TextToSearchFor
Download Strings (534 KB)
Runs on:
Client: Windows Vista and higher
Server: Windows Server 2008 and higher
Nano Server: 2016 and higher
