---
name: "swfstrings"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "swftools"
version: "0.9.2+git20130725-4.1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/swfstrings"
---

# swfstrings(1)

Extracts strings from SWF files.

## NAME

swfstrings - Extracts strings from SWF files.

## Synopsis

**swfstrings \[options\] file.swf**

## DESCRIPTION

This tool extracts strings from SWF files. It parses SWF font records and text records and prints unicode-encoded characters to stdout.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**, **--fonts**

      Print out font information for each text block

- **-x**, **--xpos** *x*

      Set bounding box x coordinate

- **-y**, **--ypos** *y*

      Set bounding box y coordinate

- **-W**, **--width** *width*

      Set bounding box width

- **-H**, **--height** *height*

      Set bounding box height

- **-V**, **--version**

      Print version information and exit

## AUTHORS

Rainer Böhme \<rfxswf@reflex-studio.de\>

- Matthias Kramm \<kramm@quiss.org\>