extract strings from binary files

with sfk strings for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
- open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
- OS X : type mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
- Linux: type mv sfk-linux.exe sfk    and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk strings [-umlauts] [-wrapbin=n] filename

extract strings from a binary file. resulting text lines are split
at column 80 by default, which can be changed by -wrapbin or -wrap.

see also
- sfk hexfind to search strings in files with hexdump output.
- the text research tool Depeche View can also load binary files
  and display extracted text contents. For example, dview foo.exe
  will show strings from a single file, and dview -allbin mydir
  loads all text and binary files from mydir. "sfk view" for more.

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-strings

examples
   sfk strings test.exe +filter -+VersionInfo

sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's,
no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for
windows, linux and mac are included).