Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:35:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: EXE analysing utility
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On 14 Apr 1996, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Use DUMPSTRS filename (or GO32 DUMPSTRS.COF filename) to run it. It will
> read the specified file, outputting to screen every string of five or more
> normal ASCII characters in a row. It will properly read past the ^Zs that
> trip up using "type" for this and goes around the binary chatter that

Anybody who needs a nifty utility should look in his djgpp/bin directory 
first and read the docs for any program there that he/she doesn't know 
its purpose offhand.  The above is just another confirmation of this 
great rule, because not only does such a program exist, it's part of 
DJGPP!  It's called STRINGS (not surprisingly) and comes with the bnu252 
distribution.  It handles everything Paul described, and has gobs of 
additional features.

Why reinvent the wheel?