# strings

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Printable ASCII/UTF-16LE strings as `va len enc "text"` rows; runs that are bytes of decoded instructions (prologues, nop padding) are left out.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `count_only` | boolean | no | Header line only (default false). |
| `encoding` | string | no | Which strings to scan for (default both). Values: `ascii`; `utf16`; `both` |
| `filter` | string | no | Case-insensitive substring filter. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Max rows (default 200, max 500). |
| `min_length` | integer | no | Minimum length (default 5, min 4). |
| `offset` | integer | no | Matches to skip first (paging). |

## Call

```json
{
  "name": "strings",
  "arguments": {}
}
```