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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 06:30:01 -0700
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From: miff@spam.apana.org.au
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Subject: bin/334: -n option to strings does not work
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>Number:         334
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       -n option to strings does not work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 11 06:30:00 1995
>Originator:     michael smith
>Organization:
Genesis Software
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

Any.

>Description:

The -n number option to /usr/bin/strings is not implemented correctly. Any
attempt to specify a number generates an error.

>How-To-Repeat:

specify the -n option to strings :

# strings -n 10 /kernel |more

>Fix:
	
In /usr/src/usr.bin/strings/strings.c, add the marked lines :

+	if (minlen < 1)
+	{
		if (minlen == -1)
			minlen = DEF_LEN;
		else {
			(void)fprintf(stderr, "strings: length less than 1\n"!);
			exit(1);
		}
+	}
>Audit-Trail:
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