rstrings

rstrings is tool that allows you to print n long sequence of printable characters appearing side by side inside any file.

Usage

rstrings (file) (other-options)

Option	Short	Explanation
show-index	i	Shows index of the first character in the sequence
no-color	None	Choosing that will result printing output without colorizing
sequence-length	n	Specifies minimum length of the printable characters sequence (default 4)

Requirements

• any linux distro (tested on ArchLinux)
• rust compiler

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Kameleon-07/rstrings.git
cd rstrings
cargo install --path .
strip ~/.cargo/bin/rstrings

Or more manually:

git clone https://github.com/Kameleon-07/rstrings.git
cd rstrings
cargo build --release
(optional but recommended) strip target/release/rstrings
sudo cp target/release/rstrings /usr/local/bin

Previews

No color

Changing minimum sequence length

Show index of first char in sequence