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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
commite8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec (patch)
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parent1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
index 3b820ba7feb96..94b6bce16ad0d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
+++ b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
.Op Fl n Ar number
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Strings
+The
+.Nm
+utility
displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified
files, or in the standard input, by default.
By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length
@@ -73,8 +75,9 @@ Each string is preceded by its decimal offset in the
file.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Strings
-is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hexdump 1
.Sh BUGS