@smallexample
@c man begin SYNOPSIS strings
-strings [@option{-afov}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}] [@option{-n} @var{min-len}] [@option{-t} @var{radix}] [@option{-}]
- [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}] [@option{--bytes=}@var{min-len}]
- [@option{--radix=}@var{radix}] [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
+strings [@option{-afov}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}]
+ [@option{-n} @var{min-len}] [@option{--bytes=}@var{min-len}]
+ [@option{-t} @var{radix}] [@option{--radix=}@var{radix}]
+ [@option{-e} @var{encoding}] [@option{--encoding=}@var{encoding}]
+ [@option{-}] [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}]
+ [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{--help}] [@option{--version}] @var{file}@dots{}
@c man end
@end smallexample
character argument specifies the radix of the offset---@samp{o} for
octal, @samp{x} for hexadecimal, or @samp{d} for decimal.
+@item -e @var{encoding}
+@itemx --encoding=@var{encoding}
+Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
+Possible values for @var{encoding} are: @samp{s} = single-byte
+characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), @samp{b} = 16-bit
+Bigendian, @samp{l} = 16-bit Littleendian, @samp{B} = 32-bit Bigendian,
+@samp{L} = 32-bit Littleendian. Useful for finding wide character
+strings.
+
@item --target=@var{bfdname}
@cindex object code format
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.