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Linux / Unix Command: string
Command Library

NAME

strcasecmp, strcat, strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strdup, strfry, strlen, strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strncasecmp, strpbrk, strrchr, strsep, strspn, strstr, strtok, strxfrm, index, rindex - string operations  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

int strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);

char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src);

char *strchr(const char *s, int c);

int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);

int strcoll(const char *s1, const char *s2);

char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

size_t strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject);

char *strdup(const char *s);

char *strfry(char *string);

size_t strlen(const char *s);

char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);

char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

int strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);

char *strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept);

char *strrchr(const char *s, int c);

char *strsep(char **stringp, const char *delim);

size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept);

char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);

char *strtok(char *s, const char *delim);

size_t strxfrm(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

char *index(const char *s, int c);

char *rindex(const char *s, int c);
 

DESCRIPTION

The string functions perform string operations on NULL-terminated strings. See the individual man pages for descriptions of each function.  

SEE ALSO

index(3), rindex(3), strcasecmp(3), strcat(3), strchr(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strcpy(3), strcspn(3), strdup(3), strfry(3), strlen(3), strncat(3), strncmp(3), strncpy(3), strncasecmp(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), strxfrm(3)


Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.

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