+ def strings (self, path):
+ u"""This runs the strings(1) command on a file and returns
+ the list of printable strings found.
+
+ This function returns a list of strings.
+
+ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+ limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+ large files you should use FTP.
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.strings (self._o, path)
+
+ def strings_e (self, encoding, path):
+ u"""This is like the "g.strings" command, but allows you to
+ specify the encoding.
+
+ See the strings(1) manpage for the full list of
+ encodings.
+
+ Commonly useful encodings are "l" (lower case L) which
+ will show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
+
+ The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.
+
+ This function returns a list of strings.
+
+ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+ limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+ large files you should use FTP.
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.strings_e (self._o, encoding, path)
+
+ def hexdump (self, path):
+ u"""This runs "hexdump -C" on the given "path". The result
+ is the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.
+
+ Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer
+ limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer
+ large files you should use FTP.
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.hexdump (self._o, path)
+