http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Strings Strings - Revision history 2026-04-30T18:49:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.18.0 http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Strings&diff=8369&oldid=prev Jimbo at 13:20, 7 May 2007 2007-05-07T13:20:14Z <p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:20, 7 May 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[strings]] is like [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grep</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but </del>for non-text files.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[strings]] is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sort of </ins>like <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a console-safe version of </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cat</ins>]] for non-text files. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> It will only output the plain console-readable text portions of a given file, making it useful for figuring out what an unknown file is WITHOUT possibly hosing up the console of your shell session to the point of having to close it and open a new one.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:System Commands]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:System Commands]]</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key bsdwiki:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:4798:newid:8369 --> </table> Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Strings&diff=4798&oldid=prev Jimbo at 04:24, 24 December 2004 2004-12-24T04:24:44Z <p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 04:24, 24 December 2004</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[strings]] is like [[grep]] but for non-text files.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[strings]] is like [[grep]] but for non-text files.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:System Commands]]</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key bsdwiki:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:799:newid:4798 --> </table> Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Strings&diff=799&oldid=prev Dave at 01:55, 23 December 2004 2004-12-23T01:55:10Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[strings]] is like [[grep]] but for non-text files.</div> Dave