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 [-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.

options
  -allchars   extract all printable characters, like accents or
              non latin characters. default is to extract only
              latin characters of the lower ASCII code range.

see also
  sfk hexfind  search strings in files with hexdump output.
  dview        the text file browser 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 folder mydir. type "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).