ReverseEngineering/Get-Strings.ps1

function Get-Strings
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
 
Gets strings from a file.
 
PowerSploit Function: Get-Strings
Author: Matthew Graeber (@mattifestation)
License: BSD 3-Clause
Required Dependencies: None
Optional Dependencies: None
 
.DESCRIPTION
 
The Get-Strings cmdlet returns strings (Unicode and/or Ascii) from a file. This cmdlet is useful for dumping strings from binary file and was designed to replicate the functionality of strings.exe from Sysinternals.
 
.PARAMETER Path
 
Specifies the path to an item.
 
.PARAMETER Encoding
 
Specifies the file encoding. The default value returns both Unicode and Ascii.
 
.PARAMETER MinimumLength
 
Specifies the minimum length string to return. The default string length is 3.
 
.EXAMPLE
 
C:\PS> Get-Strings C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
 
Description
-----------
Dump Unicode and Ascii strings of calc.exe.
 
.EXAMPLE
 
C:\PS> Get-ChildItem C:\Windows\System32\*.dll | Get-Strings -MinimumLength 12 -Encoding Ascii
 
Description
-----------
Dumps Ascii strings of at least length 12 of every dll located in C:\Windows\System32.
 
.NOTES
 
This cmdlet was designed to intentionally use only PowerShell cmdlets (no .NET methods) in order to be compatible with PowerShell on Windows RT (or any ConstrainedLanguage runspace).
 
.LINK
 
http://www.exploit-monday.com
#>


    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ -PathType 'Leaf'})]
        [String[]]
        [Alias('PSPath')]
        $Path,

        [ValidateSet('Default','Ascii','Unicode')]
        [String]
        $Encoding = 'Default',

        [UInt32]
        $MinimumLength = 3
    )

    BEGIN
    {
        $FileContents = ''
    }
    PROCESS
    {
        foreach ($File in $Path)
        {
            if ($Encoding -eq 'Unicode' -or $Encoding -eq 'Default')
            {
                $UnicodeFileContents = Get-Content -Encoding 'Unicode' $File
                $UnicodeRegex = [Regex] "[\u0020-\u007E]{$MinimumLength,}"
                $Results += $UnicodeRegex.Matches($UnicodeFileContents)
            }
            
            if ($Encoding -eq 'Ascii' -or $Encoding -eq 'Default')
            {
                $AsciiFileContents = Get-Content -Encoding 'UTF7' $File
                $AsciiRegex = [Regex] "[\x20-\x7E]{$MinimumLength,}"
                $Results = $AsciiRegex.Matches($AsciiFileContents)
            }

            $Results | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_.Value }
        }
    }
    END {}
}