.B strings
prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
-followed by a NUL or newline character. By default, it only prints
-the strings from the initialized data sections of object files; for
+followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the
+strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for
other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
.PP
.B \-\-all
.TP
.B \-
-Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
-the whole files.
+Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+scan the whole files.
.TP
.B \-f
.TP
.B "\-n \fImin\-len\fP"
+.TP
.B "\-\fImin\-len\fP"
.TP
.B "\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP"
hexadecimal, or decimal.
.TP
-.BI "\-\-target=" "bfdname"\c
-\&
+.BI "\-\-target=" "bfdname"
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
See
.BR objdump ( 1 ),