diff --git a/tests/run-strings-test.sh b/tests/run-strings-test.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-strings-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+# This file is part of elfutils.
+# Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2005.
+#
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. $srcdir/test-subr.sh
+
+files="testfile `seq 2 9 | while read n; do echo testfile$n; done`"
+testfiles $files
+
+testrun_compare ${abs_top_builddir}/src/strings -tx -f $files <<\EOF
+testfile:      f4 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile:     1c9 __gmon_start__
+testfile:     1d8 libc.so.6
+testfile:     1e2 __cxa_finalize
+testfile:     1f1 __deregister_frame_info
+testfile:     209 _IO_stdin_used
+testfile:     218 __libc_start_main
+testfile:     22a __register_frame_info
+testfile:     240 GLIBC_2.1.3
+testfile:     24c GLIBC_2.0
+testfile:     338 PTRh
+testfile:     345 QVh,
+testfile2:     114 /lib/ld.so.1
+testfile2:     1f1 __gmon_start__
+testfile2:     200 __deregister_frame_info
+testfile2:     218 __register_frame_info
+testfile2:     22e libc.so.6
+testfile2:     238 __cxa_finalize
+testfile2:     247 _IO_stdin_used
+testfile2:     256 __libc_start_main
+testfile2:     268 GLIBC_2.1.3
+testfile2:     274 GLIBC_2.0
+testfile2:     488 }a[xN
+testfile2:     4a8 }a[xN
+testfile2:     50c }a[xN
+testfile2:     540 }?Kx
+testfile3:      f4 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile3:     1c9 __gmon_start__
+testfile3:     1d8 libc.so.6
+testfile3:     1e2 __cxa_finalize
+testfile3:     1f1 __deregister_frame_info
+testfile3:     209 _IO_stdin_used
+testfile3:     218 __libc_start_main
+testfile3:     22a __register_frame_info
+testfile3:     240 GLIBC_2.1.3
+testfile3:     24c GLIBC_2.0
+testfile3:     338 PTRh
+testfile3:     345 QVh,
+testfile4:      f4 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile4:     8e1 __gmon_start__
+testfile4:     8f0 __terminate_func
+testfile4:     901 stderr
+testfile4:     908 __tf9type_info
+testfile4:     917 __tf16__user_type_info
+testfile4:     92e __tf19__pointer_type_info
+testfile4:     948 __tf16__attr_type_info
+testfile4:     95f __tf16__func_type_info
+testfile4:     976 __vt_9type_info
+testfile4:     986 __vt_19__pointer_type_info
+testfile4:     9a1 __vt_16__attr_type_info
+testfile4:     9b9 __vt_16__func_type_info
+testfile4:     9d1 __vt_16__ptmf_type_info
+testfile4:     9e9 __vt_16__ptmd_type_info
+testfile4:     a01 __vt_17__array_type_info
+testfile4:     a1a __tiv
+testfile4:     a20 __vt_19__builtin_type_info
+testfile4:     a3b __tix
+testfile4:     a41 __til
+testfile4:     a47 __tii
+testfile4:     a4d __tis
+testfile4:     a53 __tib
+testfile4:     a59 __tic
+testfile4:     a5f __tiw
+testfile4:     a65 __tir
+testfile4:     a6b __tid
+testfile4:     a71 __tif
+testfile4:     a77 __tiUi
+testfile4:     a7e __tiUl
+testfile4:     a85 __tiUx
+testfile4:     a8c __tiUs
+testfile4:     a93 __tiUc
+testfile4:     a9a __tiSc
+testfile4:     aa1 __ti19__pointer_type_info
+testfile4:     abb __ti9type_info
+testfile4:     aca __ti16__attr_type_info
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+testfile4:     afb __ti16__func_type_info
+testfile4:     b12 __ti16__ptmf_type_info
+testfile4:     b29 __ti16__ptmd_type_info
+testfile4:     b40 __ti17__array_type_info
+testfile4:     b58 __cplus_type_matcher
+testfile4:     b6d __vt_13bad_exception
+testfile4:     b82 __vt_9exception
+testfile4:     b92 _._13bad_exception
+testfile4:     ba5 __vt_8bad_cast
+testfile4:     bb4 _._8bad_cast
+testfile4:     bc1 __vt_10bad_typeid
+testfile4:     bd3 _._10bad_typeid
+testfile4:     be3 __ti9exception
+testfile4:     bf2 __ti13bad_exception
+testfile4:     c06 __vt_16__user_type_info
+testfile4:     c1e __vt_17__class_type_info
+testfile4:     c37 __vt_14__si_type_info
+testfile4:     c4d __ti8bad_cast
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+testfile4:     cb0 libc.so.6
+testfile4:     cba __register_frame
+testfile4:     ccb pthread_create
+testfile4:     cda pthread_getspecific
+testfile4:     cee pthread_key_delete
+testfile4:     d01 __cxa_finalize
+testfile4:     d10 malloc
+testfile4:     d17 __frame_state_for
+testfile4:     d29 abort
+testfile4:     d2f __register_frame_table
+testfile4:     d46 fprintf
+testfile4:     d4e pthread_once
+testfile4:     d5b __deregister_frame_info
+testfile4:     d73 pthread_key_create
+testfile4:     d86 memset
+testfile4:     d8d strcmp
+testfile4:     d94 pthread_mutex_unlock
+testfile4:     da9 __deregister_frame
+testfile4:     dbc pthread_mutex_lock
+testfile4:     dcf _IO_stdin_used
+testfile4:     dde __libc_start_main
+testfile4:     df0 strlen
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+testfile4:     e13 __register_frame_info
+testfile4:     e29 pthread_setspecific
+testfile4:     e3d free
+testfile4:     e42 GLIBC_2.1.3
+testfile4:     e4e GLIBC_2.0
+testfile4:    1308 PTRh<
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+testfile4:    6468 val is zero
+testfile4:    6480 Internal Compiler Bug: No runtime type matcher.
+testfile4:    64dc 19__pointer_type_info
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+testfile5:      f4 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile5:     1c9 __gmon_start__
+testfile5:     1d8 libc.so.6
+testfile5:     1e2 __cxa_finalize
+testfile5:     1f1 __deregister_frame_info
+testfile5:     209 _IO_stdin_used
+testfile5:     218 __libc_start_main
+testfile5:     22a __register_frame_info
+testfile5:     240 GLIBC_2.1.3
+testfile5:     24c GLIBC_2.0
+testfile5:     338 PTRh
+testfile5:     345 QVhD
+testfile6:     114 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile6:     3d9 libstdc++.so.5
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+testfile6:     5a7 __cxa_allocate_exception
+testfile6:     5c0 _ZNKSt11logic_error4whatEv
+testfile6:     5db _Jv_RegisterClasses
+testfile6:     5ef _ZTISt16invalid_argument
+testfile6:     608 __gmon_start__
+testfile6:     617 libm.so.6
+testfile6:     621 _IO_stdin_used
+testfile6:     630 libgcc_s.so.1
+testfile6:     63e _Unwind_Resume
+testfile6:     64d libc.so.6
+testfile6:     657 __libc_start_main
+testfile6:     669 GCC_3.0
+testfile6:     671 GLIBC_2.0
+testfile6:     67b GLIBCPP_3.2
+testfile6:     687 CXXABI_1.2
+testfile6:     908 PTRh 
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+testfile7:     114 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
+testfile7:     3d9 libstdc++.so.5
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+testfile7:     486 _ZTISt9exception
+testfile7:     497 _ZNSaIcED1Ev
+testfile7:     4a4 _ZTISt11logic_error
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+testfile7:     4d4 _ZTVN10__cxxabiv117__class_type_infoE
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+testfile7:     5a7 __cxa_allocate_exception
+testfile7:     5c0 _ZNKSt11logic_error4whatEv
+testfile7:     5db _Jv_RegisterClasses
+testfile7:     5ef _ZTISt16invalid_argument
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+testfile7:     621 _IO_stdin_used
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+testfile7:     657 __libc_start_main
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+testfile7:     671 GLIBC_2.0
+testfile7:     67b GLIBCPP_3.2
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+testfile8:     502 WRVQ
+testfile8:    1fe7 ZYPj
+testfile8:    2115 u'Pj
+testfile8:    7bba FILE
+testfile8:    7bbf preserve-dates
+testfile8:    7bce remove-comment
+testfile8:    7bdd Remove .comment section
+testfile8:    7bf6 ${prefix}/share
+testfile8:    7c06 elfutils
+testfile8:    7c0f a.out
+testfile8:    7c15 0.58
+testfile8:    7c1a strip (Red Hat %s) %s
+testfile8:    7c31 2002
+testfile8:    7c36 Ulrich Drepper
+testfile8:    7c45 Written by %s.
+testfile8:    7c55 cannot stat input file "%s"
+testfile8:    7c71 %s: INTERNAL ERROR: %s
+testfile8:    7c88 while opening "%s"
+testfile8:    7c9b handle_elf
+testfile8:    7ca6 ../../src/strip.c
+testfile8:    7cb8 shdr_info[cnt].group_idx != 0
+testfile8:    7cd6 illformed file `%s'
+testfile8:    7cea elf_ndxscn (scn) == cnt
+testfile8:    7d02 .shstrtab
+testfile8:    7d0c while writing `%s': %s
+testfile8:    7d23 ((sym->st_info) & 0xf) == 3
+testfile8:    7d3f shndxdata != ((void *)0)
+testfile8:    7d58 scn != ((void *)0)
+testfile8:    7d6b .gnu_debuglink
+testfile8:    7d7a .comment
+testfile8:    7d83 cannot open `%s'
+testfile8:    7da0 Place stripped output into FILE
+testfile8:    7dc0 Extract the removed sections into FILE
+testfile8:    7e00 Copy modified/access timestamps to the output
+testfile8:    7e40 Only one input file allowed together with '-o' and '-f'
+testfile8:    7e80 Copyright (C) %s Red Hat, Inc.
+testfile8:    7e9f This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
+testfile8:    7eea warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+testfile8:    7f40 Report bugs to <drepper@redhat.com>.
+testfile8:    7f80 %s: File format not recognized
+testfile8:    7fa0 cannot set access and modification date of "%s"
+testfile8:    7fe0 cannot create new file `%s': %s
+testfile8:    8000 error while finishing `%s': %s
+testfile8:    8020 shdr_info[shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_link].version_idx == 0
+testfile8:    8060 shdr_info[shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_link].symtab_idx == 0
+testfile8:    80a0 %s: error while creating ELF header: %s
+testfile8:    80e0 %s: error while reading the file: %s
+testfile8:    8120 sec < 0xff00 || shndxdata != ((void *)0)
+testfile8:    8160 (versiondata->d_size / sizeof (GElf_Versym)) >= shdr_info[cnt].data->d_size / elsize
+testfile8:    81c0 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 11
+testfile8:    8200 (versiondata->d_size / sizeof (Elf32_Word)) >= shdr_info[cnt].data->d_size / elsize
+testfile8:    8260 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 18
+testfile8:    82a0 shdr_info[cnt].data != ((void *)0)
+testfile8:    82e0 elf_ndxscn (shdr_info[cnt].newscn) == idx
+testfile8:    8320 while create section header section: %s
+testfile8:    8360 cannot allocate section data: %s
+testfile8:    83a0 elf_ndxscn (shdr_info[cnt].newscn) == shdr_info[cnt].idx
+testfile8:    83e0 while generating output file: %s
+testfile8:    8420 while preparing output for `%s'
+testfile8:    8440 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 2
+testfile8:    8480 shdr_info[idx].data != ((void *)0)
+testfile8:    84c0 cannot determine number of sections: %s
+testfile8:    8500 cannot get section header string table index
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+testfile9:    3428 remove-comment
+testfile9:    3437 Remove .comment section
+testfile9:    3450 ${prefix}/share
+testfile9:    3460 elfutils
+testfile9:    3469 a.out
+testfile9:    346f 0.58
+testfile9:    3474 strip (Red Hat %s) %s
+testfile9:    348b 2002
+testfile9:    3490 Ulrich Drepper
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+testfile9:    34af cannot stat input file "%s"
+testfile9:    34cb %s: INTERNAL ERROR: %s
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+testfile9:    34f5 handle_elf
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+testfile9:    3512 shdr_info[cnt].group_idx != 0
+testfile9:    3530 illformed file `%s'
+testfile9:    3544 elf_ndxscn (scn) == cnt
+testfile9:    355c .shstrtab
+testfile9:    3566 while writing `%s': %s
+testfile9:    357d ((sym->st_info) & 0xf) == 3
+testfile9:    3599 shndxdata != ((void *)0)
+testfile9:    35b2 scn != ((void *)0)
+testfile9:    35c5 .gnu_debuglink
+testfile9:    35d4 .comment
+testfile9:    35dd cannot open `%s'
+testfile9:    3600 Place stripped output into FILE
+testfile9:    3620 Extract the removed sections into FILE
+testfile9:    3660 Copy modified/access timestamps to the output
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+testfile9:    36e0 Copyright (C) %s Red Hat, Inc.
+testfile9:    36ff This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
+testfile9:    374a warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+testfile9:    37a0 Report bugs to <drepper@redhat.com>.
+testfile9:    37e0 %s: File format not recognized
+testfile9:    3800 cannot set access and modification date of "%s"
+testfile9:    3840 cannot create new file `%s': %s
+testfile9:    3860 error while finishing `%s': %s
+testfile9:    3880 shdr_info[shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_link].version_idx == 0
+testfile9:    38c0 shdr_info[shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_link].symtab_idx == 0
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+testfile9:    3940 %s: error while reading the file: %s
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+testfile9:    39c0 (versiondata->d_size / sizeof (GElf_Versym)) >= shdr_info[cnt].data->d_size / elsize
+testfile9:    3a20 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 11
+testfile9:    3a60 (versiondata->d_size / sizeof (Elf32_Word)) >= shdr_info[cnt].data->d_size / elsize
+testfile9:    3ac0 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 18
+testfile9:    3b00 shdr_info[cnt].data != ((void *)0)
+testfile9:    3b40 elf_ndxscn (shdr_info[cnt].newscn) == idx
+testfile9:    3b80 while create section header section: %s
+testfile9:    3bc0 cannot allocate section data: %s
+testfile9:    3c00 elf_ndxscn (shdr_info[cnt].newscn) == shdr_info[cnt].idx
+testfile9:    3c40 while generating output file: %s
+testfile9:    3c80 while preparing output for `%s'
+testfile9:    3ca0 shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == 2
+testfile9:    3ce0 shdr_info[idx].data != ((void *)0)
+testfile9:    3d20 cannot determine number of sections: %s
+testfile9:    3d60 cannot get section header string table index
+testfile9:    3e20 Discard symbols from object files.
+testfile9:    3e43 [FILE...]
+EOF
+
+exit 0