Linux / Unix Command: strstr

Command Library

NAME

strstr - locate a substring  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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

 

DESCRIPTION

The strstr() function finds the first occurrence of the substring needle in the string haystack. The terminating `\0' characters are not compared.  

RETURN VALUE

The strstr() function returns a pointer to the beginning of the substring, or NULL if the substring is not found.  

SEE ALSO

index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strtok(3)

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