# srch_strings Notes ------- Display printable strings in [file(s)] (stdin by default) Help Text ------- ``` Usage: srch_strings [option(s)] [file(s)] Display printable strings in [file(s)] (stdin by default) The options are: -a - Scan the entire file, not just the data section -f Print the name of the file before each string -n number Locate & print any NUL-terminated sequence of at - least [number] characters (default 4). -t {o,x,d} Print the location of the string in base 8, 10 or 16 -o An alias for --radix=o -e {s,S,b,l,B,L} Select character size and endianness: s = 7-bit, S = 8-bit, {b,l} = 16-bit, {B,L} = 32-bit -h Display this information -v Print the program's version number ``` Example Usage ------- ``` root@kali:~/kaliwiki/tools# srch_strings -a /root/samples/nbtscan.exe <...> osize > 1 obuf != 0 nbtscan 1.0.35 - 2008-04-08 - http://www.unixwiz.net/tools/ targ != 0 targets.c paddr != 0 currTarget != 0 'NBTSCAN' => { ], %s, 'CMDLINE' => [ 'DATE' => %s, # use as 'my $ref = do filename;' # perl hashref output argv != 0 gen_perl.c \x%02X <...> ``` Links -------