<s>
In	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
strings	B-Application
is	O
a	O
program	O
in	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Plan	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
Inferno	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
finds	O
and	O
prints	O
text	O
strings	B-Application
embedded	O
in	O
binary	O
files	O
such	O
as	O
executables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
object	O
files	O
and	O
core	B-Error_Name
dumps	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strings	B-Application
are	O
recognized	O
by	O
looking	O
for	O
sequences	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
4	O
(	O
by	O
default	O
)	O
printable	O
characters	O
terminating	O
in	O
a	O
NUL	O
character	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
null-terminated	B-Data_Structure
strings	I-Data_Structure
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
usage	O
includes	O
piping	O
its	O
output	O
to	O
and	O
or	O
redirecting	O
the	O
output	O
to	O
a	O
file	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Binary	I-Application
Utilities	I-Application
(	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
strings	B-Application
to	O
print	O
sequences	O
of	O
characters	O
that	O
are	O
at	O
least	O
8	O
characters	O
long	O
(	O
this	O
command	B-Application
prints	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
information	O
;	O
should	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
root	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
