Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : MORE13.ZIP
Filename : STRINGS.C

 
Output of file : STRINGS.C contained in archive : MORE13.ZIP
/* Strings.C
*
* Displays a list of all strings in a file read from a file that
* are entirely ASCII -- that is, between 32 and 126. Must be at least four
* characters long, or however many as specified by an argument to the
* program.
*
* Syntax: strings [] [/X]
*/

#include
#include
#include
#include

#define SYNMSG "strings: syntax [] [/X]"
#define NOPMSG "strings: unable to open file"
#define NOSTOR "strings: unable to allocate storage"

char copyright[] = "STRINGS v1.1 dated " __DATE__ ", Copyright 1990 by "
"Daniel Sachs.";

void main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int min_chars;
int cur_char;
unsigned long pos;
unsigned long beg;
FILE *fp;
char *tmp;
char c;
int printed;
int hexflag;

if( (argc < 2) || (argc > 4) )
{
printf(SYNMSG);
exit(2);
}

if( argc == 2 && !stricmp(argv[1],"/C") )
{
printf(copyright);
exit(0);
}

if( argc == 3 && stricmp(argv[2],"/X") )
min_chars = atoi(argv[2]);
else
min_chars = 4;

if( argc == 4 )
min_chars = atoi(argv[2]);

if( min_chars == 0 )
{
printf(SYNMSG);
exit(2);
}

if( !stricmp(argv[argc-1],"/X") )
hexflag = 1;
else
hexflag = 0;

if( argc == 4 && !hexflag)
{
printf(SYNMSG);
exit(2);
}

fp = fopen(argv[1],"rb");

if( fp == NULL )
{
printf(NOPMSG);
exit(2);
}

tmp = malloc(min_chars+1);

if( tmp == NULL )
{
printf(NOSTOR);
exit(2);
}

printf("Offset\tString\n");

cur_char = 0;
beg = 0;
printed = 0;

for(pos = 0;;pos++)
{
fread(&c,1,1,fp);

if( feof(fp) )
break;

else
{
if( (c > 31) && (c < 127) )
{
cur_char++;
if (cur_char > min_chars)
putchar(c);
if (cur_char == min_chars)
{
printf(hexflag ? "%lX\t%s%c" :
"%li\t%s%c", beg, tmp, c);
printed = 1;
}
if (cur_char < min_chars)
{
*(tmp + (cur_char-1)) = c;
*(tmp + cur_char ) = 0;
}
if (cur_char == 1)
beg = pos;
}
else
{
if( cur_char != 0 )
{
cur_char = 0;
if (printed)
{
printf("\n");
printed = 0;
}
}
}
}
}
}


  3 Responses to “Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : MORE13.ZIP
Filename : STRINGS.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/