* strings.c (print_strings): For compatibility with existing

	strings programs, print strings which are not terminated with a
	null byte or a newline.
	* binutils.texi, strings.1: Update documentation accordingly.

diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index c2f04047de415e703b0b415d2679f7cfa1780b00..395e2b12115a2f2ed46fa72064a1ca093bac1aad 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ strings [-afov] [-@var{min-len}] [-n @var{min-len}] [-t @var{radix}] [-]
 
 For each @var{file} given, GNU @code{strings} prints the printable
 character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
-given with the options below) and are followed by a NUL or newline
+given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable
 character.  By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
 and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
 the strings from the whole file.

diff --git a/binutils/strings.1 b/binutils/strings.1
index 616a83e658f5d46bde98795430757ae3ef3f8507..88ab1d8315ec5c45b7ec240428f6226ca43ffde7 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/strings.1
+++ b/binutils/strings.1
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ given, GNU \c
 .B strings
 prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
-followed by a NUL or newline character.  By default, it only prints
-the strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
-for other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
+followed by an unprintable character.  By default, it only prints the
+strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for
+other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
 
 .PP
 .B strings