Search for text in binary files

Posted September 16, 2003 by Quinn McHenry in UNIX

Unix commands and examples for finding text in binary files.


To extract all text strings from a file, use:

strings filename

To search for all occurrences of the text “maybe” in the binary file filename use:

strings filename | grep maybe

 

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Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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