.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
-.TH nm 1 "25 June 1993" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
+.TH strings 1 "25 June 1993" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
.de BP
.sp
.ti \-.2i
..
.SH NAME
-strings\(em\&print the strings of printable characters in files
+strings \- print the strings of printable characters in files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.hy 0
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-t
.I {o,x,d}\c
+.RB "[\|" "\-\-target=\fIbfdname" "\|]"
.RB | "\-\-radix="\c
.I {o,x,d}\c
\&\|]
.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"
character argument specifies the radix of the offset\(emoctal,
hexadecimal, or decimal.
+.TP
+.BI "\-\-target=" "bfdname"
+Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
+See
+.BR objdump ( 1 ),
+for information on listing available formats.
+
.TP
.B \-o
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