---
name: "llvm-strings-15"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "llvm-15"
version: "1:15.0.6-4+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/llvm-strings-15"
---

# llvm-strings-15(1)

print strings

## NAME

llvm-strings - print strings

## SYNOPSIS

**llvm-strings** \[*options*\] \[*input…*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**llvm-strings** is a tool intended as a drop-in replacement for GNU’s **strings**, which looks for printable strings in files and writes them to the standard output stream. A printable string is any sequence of four (by default) or more printable ASCII characters. The end of the file, or any other byte, terminates the current sequence.

**llvm-strings** looks for strings in each **input** file specified. Unlike GNU **strings** it looks in the entire input file, regardless of file format, rather than restricting the search to certain sections of object files. If “**-**” is specified as an **input**, or no **input** is specified, the program reads from the standard input stream.

## EXAMPLE

```
$ cat input.txt
bars
foo
wibble blob
$ llvm-strings input.txt
bars
wibble blob
```

## OPTIONS

- **--all, -a**

  Silently ignored. Present for GNU **strings** compatibility.

- **--bytes=\<length\>, -n**

  Set the minimum number of printable ASCII characters required for a sequence of bytes to be considered a string. The default value is 4.

- **--help, -h**

  Display a summary of command line options.

- **--print-file-name, -f**

  Display the name of the containing file before each string.

  Example:

  ```
  $ llvm-strings --print-file-name test.o test.elf
  test.o: _Z5hellov
  test.o: some_bss
  test.o: test.cpp
  test.o: main
  test.elf: test.cpp
  test.elf: test2.cpp
  test.elf: _Z5hellov
  test.elf: main
  test.elf: some_bss
  ```

- **--radix=\<radix\>, -t**

  Display the offset within the file of each string, before the string and using the specified radix. Valid **\<radix\>** values are **o**, **d** and **x** for octal, decimal and hexadecimal respectively.

  Example:

  ```
  $ llvm-strings --radix=o test.o
      1054 _Z5hellov
      1066 .rela.text
      1101 .comment
      1112 some_bss
      1123 .bss
      1130 test.cpp
      1141 main
  $ llvm-strings --radix=d test.o
      556 _Z5hellov
      566 .rela.text
      577 .comment
      586 some_bss
      595 .bss
      600 test.cpp
      609 main
  $ llvm-strings -t x test.o
      22c _Z5hellov
      236 .rela.text
      241 .comment
      24a some_bss
      253 .bss
      258 test.cpp
      261 main
  ```

- **--version**

  Display the version of the **llvm-strings** executable.

- **@\<FILE\>**

  Read command-line options from response file **\<FILE\>**.

## EXIT STATUS

**llvm-strings** exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error. Otherwise, it exits with code 0.

## BUGS

To report bugs, please visit \<*https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/labels/tools:llvm-strings/*\>.

## AUTHOR

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

## COPYRIGHT

2003-2023, LLVM Project