usr/lib/Get-Strings.ps1
using namespace System.IO using namespace System.Text Set-Alias -Name strings -Value Get-Strings function Get-Strings { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='Path')] param( [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName='Path', Position=0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [SupportsWildcards()] [String]$Path, [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName='LiteralPath', Position=0, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias('PSPath')] [String]$LiteralPath, [Parameter()][Alias('b')][UInt32]$BytesToProcess = 0, [Parameter()][Alias('f')][UInt32]$BytesOffset = 0, [Parameter()][Alias('n')][Byte] $StringLength = 3, [Parameter()][Alias('o')][Switch]$StringOffset, [Parameter()][Alias('u')][Switch]$Unicode ) begin { if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Path') { $PipelineInput = !$PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Path') } function private:Find-Strings([FileInfo]$File) { process { try { $fs = [File]::OpenRead($File.FullName) # unable to read beyond file length if ($BytesToProcess -ge $fs.Length -or $BytesOffset -ge $fs.Length) { throw [InvalidOperationException]::new('Out of stream.') } # offset has been defined if ($BytesOffset -gt 0) {[void]$fs.Seek($BytesOffset, [SeekOrigin]::Begin)} # bytes to process $buf = [Byte[]]::new(($BytesToProcess -gt 0 ? $BytesToProcess : $fs.Length)) [void]$fs.Read($buf, 0, $buf.Length) # show printable strings ([Regex]"[\x20-\x7E]{$StringLength,}").Matches( [Encoding]::"U$($Unicode.IsPresent ? 'nicode' : 'TF7')".GetString($buf) ).ForEach{ $StringOffset ? '{0}:{1}' -f $_.Index, $_.Value : $_.Value } } catch {Write-Verbose $_} finally { if ($fs) {$fs.Dispose()} } } } } process {} end { $PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Path' ? ( Find-Strings ($PipelineInput ? $Path : (Get-Item $Path -ErrorAction 0)) ) : (Find-Strings (Get-Item -LiteralPath $LiteralPath)) } } Export-ModuleMember -Alias strings -Function Get-Strings |