This adds the ability to the strings program to display strings that contain \n and...

[external/binutils.git] / binutils / doc / binutils.texi

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 3375d36..b674b9d 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2665,6 +2665,7 @@ strings [@option{-afovV}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}]
         [@option{-e} @var{encoding}] [@option{--encoding=}@var{encoding}]
         [@option{-}] [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}]
         [@option{-T} @var{bfdname}] [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
+        [@option{-w}] [@option{--include-all-whitespace}]
         [@option{--help}] [@option{--version}] @var{file}@dots{}
 @c man end
 @end smallexample
@@ -2736,6 +2737,13 @@ Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
 @itemx -V
 @itemx --version
 Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.
+
+@item -w
+@itemx --include-all-whitespace
+By default tab and space characters are included in the strings that
+are displayed, but other whitespace characters, such a newlines and
+carriage returns, are not.  The @option{-w} option changes this so
+that all whitespace characters are considered to be part of a string.
 @end table
 
 @c man end