Strings

The Strings tab (4) extracts text from three sources:

• User strings — string literals from the #US metadata heap (the strings your code uses directly)
• Metadata strings — type names, method names, namespace names from the #Strings heap
• Raw scan — binary string extraction from the entire file, similar to the Unix strings command

Copy strings

Press y on a focused table row to copy the string value to the clipboard. Press Enter to open a detail popup where you can select and copy specific portions of longer strings. In the detail popup, iw and yiw let you grab individual words without reaching for the mouse.

Minimum length

Use the --min-len / -n flag to control the minimum length for the raw binary scan:

dotsider MyApp.dll -n 8

The default minimum is 4 characters. Increase it to reduce noise in large assemblies.