Linux Command to find Strings in Binary or non ascii file

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The command you are looking for is strings

Its name is quite self-explanatory, it retrieves any printable string from a given file.

man strings gives:

STRINGS(1)

NAME
strings – find the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file

SYNOPSIS
strings [ - ] [ -a ] [ -o ] [ -t format ] [ -number ] [ -n number ] [--] [file ...]

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