.Dd November 23, 2014 .Dt STRINGS 1 .Os sbase .Sh NAME .Nm strings .Nd print the strings of printable characters in files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm prints the printable character sequences that are at least 6 characters long. If no .Ar files are given, .Nm reads from stdin. .Sh STANDARDS .Nm mirrors the semantics of Plan9 .Xr strings 1 .