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==Example==

Using ''strings'' to print sequences of characters that are at least 8 characters long (this command prints the system's [[BIOS]] information; should be run as root):

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

dd if=/dev/mem bs=1k skip=768 count=256 2>/dev/null | strings -n 8 | less

</syntaxhighlight>

dd if=/dev/mem bs=1k skip=768 count=256 2>[[/dev/null]] | strings -n 8 | [[less (Unix)|less]]

=== <span style="font-size:70%">file.txt</span> ===

<syntaxhighlight lang="c">

a

aa

aaa

aaaa

</syntaxhighlight>

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">

strings file.txt # prints aaaa

</syntaxhighlight>

==See also==