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. V and yy work for full-line selection and copy.

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.