According to that, strings (like file names) should be in cleartext but it doesn't look like it; tried 'grep' and 'strings' and it looks like binary data
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What is the dbs file format? Can it be accessed with external tools? Is it a SQL DB? Are there drivers?
Thanks
Locate32 has own dbs file format and there are no external tools or drivers.
The format is described here: https://sourceforge.net/p/locate32/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/Locate/LocateDB/DBReference.txt
According to that, strings (like file names) should be in cleartext but it doesn't look like it; tried 'grep' and 'strings' and it looks like binary data
strings are UTF16 coded if Unicode characters are enabled (default). greb might not support utf16 (at least bydefault)
Thanks, "grep -a p.a.t.t.e.r.n" did the trick!