16.5 xc-dsc-strings Utility

For each file given, the xc-dsc-strings utility prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given in the options) and are followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.

xc-dsc-strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files.