z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

File Tag Specific Options
Localization
Exit Values
Portability
–t format
For each string, displays its offset in bytes from the beginning of the file.
The base of the offset is set to decimal, octal, or hexadecimal by specifying
format as d, o, or x, respectively.
–x For each string, displays as a decimal value its offset in bytes from the
beginning of the file. This is the same as –t x.
–z Ignores the POSIX definition of a string and searches for any group of
printable characters greater than four in length.
– Is the obsolescent version of –a.
–number
Is the obsolescent version of –n number.
–B Disable autoconversion of tagged files.
strings uses the following localization environment variables:
v LANG
v LC_ALL
v LC_CTYPE
v LC_MESSAGES
v NLSPATH
See Appendix F for more information.
0 Successful completion
1 Failure due to any of the following:
v Incorrect command-line option
v Insufficient memory
POSIX.2 User Portability Extension, X/Open Portability Guide.
A Berkeley addition to most UNIX systems. Most Berkeley versions do not require
the terminating NUL or newline.
The –o and –x options are extensions to the POSIX standard.
strip — Remove unnecessary information from an executable file
Format
Description
strip file
strings
On some UNIX systems, strip removes debug information from an executable. On
z/OS, the debug information can only be removed by recompiling. strip does not
modify the contents of any executable file—it is functionally equivalent to touch file.
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