MNK@DRACO.HAC.COM (Michael N. Kimura) (08/09/88)
Stephen Dowdy (UNM CIRT) Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131 (505) 277-8044 wrote: > The following *are* in VWS 3.2 > cut/pas > Live ico > Just do a DUMP on SYS$SYSTEM:UIS$VT200_PME.EXE (the vt200 uis emulator) The > are also references to REGIS within the 3.2 VT200_PME, though it doesn't lo > like there's enough there to do anything. (DUMP is the greatest utility f > determining what an image can do using logicals, when you don't have a manual, > or the manual is hiding something. After a couple hundred blocks, your brain > starts to fry though. Anyone have a 'strings' utility?) I have written a ``strings'' utility that looks through files for consecutive sequences of printing ASCII characters. I find it VERY useful for scanning "binary" files (like images for logical names). Some of the features are: 1) The strings can be separated with either a SPACE or a NEWLINE 2) The minimum string length defaults to 3 characters but can be specified 3) Tab and Carriage Returns can be considered either printing or non-printing 4) Headers (containg filename(s)) are displayed by default but can be turned off 5) Wildcard specification are allowed /* * Strings.C -- finds strings in a file (' ' <= c <= '~') * * Usage: strings [-hnrt] [-wn] file ... * -h no filename headers * -n newline instead of space separating strings * -r newlines are valid printing characters * -t tabs are valid printing characters * -wn set mininum word length to n (default 3) * file(s) list of filenames (one required) */ "Strings.C" will be distributed in one VMS_SHAR file. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Kimura Internet: mnk%draco@hac2arpa.hac.com BITnet: mnk@draco.hac.com Telephone: (213) 615-9775 US Mail: Hughes Aircraft Company (RSG) MS: R2/A159 P.O. Box 92426 Los Angeles, CA 90009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------