Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 20:01:33 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: strings - elf vs aout Message-ID: <199812071001.UAA09667@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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There's an annoying anomaly in the new version of strings. The traditional version specifically included tabs as valid characters for strings, while the new one doesn't, leading to: $ printf 'My dog has\tno nose' > foo $ strings -aout foo My dog has no nose $ strings -elf foo My dog has no nose $ I run "strings" on lots of files (eg frobnoz.doc), not just executables. This is irritating me specifically in regard to the INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE kernel compile option which now requires "strings -aout" to recover the config file. Shall I devise and commit a fix for this behaviour? Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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