strings

strings - print the strings of printable characters in files


Print character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (default):

strings /usr/bin/python3.6

Print character sequences that are at least 2 characters long:

strings -n 2 /usr/bin/python3.6

Scan all file printable characters:

strings -a /usr/bin/python3.6

Display printable characters only from initialized, loaded data sections in the file:

strings -d /usr/bin/python2.7

Printing the string offset:

strings -o /usr/bin/python2.7

Display whitespace characters as part of the string:

strings -w /usr/bin/python2.7

Display many Files At once:

strings -f /usr/bin/python*