HPS Strings is a Windows version of the Unix strings utility. With HPS Strings you can easily find character strings in binary or text files. HPS Strings is ready to use with no complicated setup – select the file, and you will immediately see a list of the strings in that file.

Customizable Output

HPS Strings output is customizable – you can specify the minimum length of strings to find, and also the maximum number of strings. To flag lines containing specific key words or phrases, you can set up highlight filters that will display those lines in colors that you select, and include filters that will only display lines containing specific keywords.

Batch Processing

You can select multiple files and scan them for strings with a simple user interface. You can copy the details of the results to the Clipboard, and paste them into Excel or any text editor for analysis.

Free Hex Editor

HPS Strings includes the free HPS HexEditor, which lets you inspect and modify binary (non-text) files.

Key Features

• Clean user interface – allows you to begin using HPS Strings immediately.
• Search binary and text files – search any type of file, including data, text, document, and program executables.
• Search multiple files – select multiple files in the File Open dialog, or set up a custom list of files that you frequently scan.
• Automatic file encoding detection – detects file encoding (8-bit, 16-bit Little Endian, or 16-bit Big Endian) automatically; or, you can choose the file encoding yourself.
• Save search results – save search results in a text file.
• Print search results – print search results.
• Free hex editor – open file in at the currently selected line.
• Highlight filters – optionally specify keywords to highlight using colors you select.
• Include/Exclude filters – optionally specify keywords to use to include or exclude strings from the results.
• Minimum string length – specify minimum string length to include in the results.
• Maximum number of strings – specify maximum number of strings to include in the results.
• Search the results – search the strings found for any text pattern.
• Set bookmarks – set a bookmark at any string in the results.
• Access file directly from Explorer right-click menu – set up shortcuts on Windows Explorer right-click menu and other handy shortcuts.