strip(1)                                                       strip(1)

  strip

  NAME

    strip - Discard symbols from object files.

  SYNOPSIS

    strip [-F bfdname | --target=bfdname ]
          [-I bfdname | --input-target=bfdname ]
          [-O bfdname | --output-target=bfdname ]
          [-s|--strip-all] [-S|-g|-d|--strip-debug]
          [-K symbolname | --keep-symbol=symbolname ]
          [-N symbolname | --strip-symbol=symbolname ]
          [-x|--discard-all ] [-X |--discard-locals]
          [-R sectionname | --remove-section=sectionname ]
          [-o file ] [-p| --preserve-dates]
          [-v | --verbose]  [-V| --version] [--help]
          objfile...

  DESCRIPTION

    GNU strip(1) discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of
    object files may include archives. At least one object file must be given.

    The strip(1) utility modifies the files named in its argument, rather than
    writing modified copies under different names.

  OPTIONS
    -F bfdname
    --target=bfdname
        Treat the original objfile as a file with the object code format
        bfdname, and rewrite it in the same format.

    --help
        Show a summary of the options to strip(1) and exit.
    -I bfdname
    --input-target=bfdname
        Treat the original objfile as a file with the object code format
        bfdname.
    -O bfdname
    --output-target=bfdname
        Replace objfile with a file in the output format bfdname.
    -R sectionname
    --remove-section=sectionname
        Remove any section named sectionname from the output file. This option
        may be given more than once. Note that using this option
        inappropriately may make the output file unusable.

    -s
    --strip-all
        Remove all symbols.

    -g
    -S
    -d
    --strip-debug
        Remove debugging symbols only.

    --strip-unneeded
        Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
    -K symbolname
    --keep-symbol=symbolname
        Keep only symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be
        given more than once.
    -N symbolname
    --strip-symbol=symbolname
        Remove symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be
        given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other
        than -K.

    -o file
        Put the stripped output in file, rather than replacing the existing
        file. When this argument is used, only one objfile argument may be
        specified.

    -p
    --preserve-dates
        Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.

    -x
    --discard-all
        Remove non-global symbols.

    -X
    --discard-locals
        Remove compiler-generated local symbols. (These usually start with L
        or ..)

    -V
    --version
        Show the version number for strip(1).

    -v
    --verbose
        Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
        archives, strip -v lists all members of the archive.

  COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (c) 1991-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
    under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any
    later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
    Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy
    of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation
    License".