Read Contents of Binary file

Using vi or cat command we cant check the contents of binary file but its possible to do so by using ‘strings’ command in linux

Syntax:

$strings <name of binary file>

It will print all the printable strings present in object file.

Generally strings command looks for ASCII strings in executable file and print it.

This trick can be used for core files and other binary error files

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