There is also the easier... find / -name strings -print
...Of course, the find command has to be available. :-) Sean Dockery SBD Consultants Certified Java Web Component Developer Certified Java Programmer Certified Delphi Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sbdconsultants.com <http://www.sbdconsultants.com> (403) 860-2534 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) strings command Michael Walters wrote: > It looks like you are right, as my brother installed mandrake linux as > mainly a desktop and internet platform, and he knew that I did not want > to go deep into development. > > I did a command ls -ls /bin and got my executable command list in > alphabetical order in green and strings* should have been between sort* > and stty* and it was not there. I think it's more likely to be in /usr/bin so check there too. also, in your orginal msg you wrote "bash : Strings : command not found.", the "strings" command should be all lowercase, no capitals. Dave
