strip(1) manual page

The strip utility is used to discard information from the ELF objects specified by the arguments .

If an explicit output file name is not specified using the -o option, the strip utility will modify its input arguments in-place.

The strip utility supports the following options:

-d | -g | -S | --strip-debug

Remove debugging symbols only.

-h | --help

Print a help message and exit.

--only-keep-debug

Remove all content except that which would be used for debugging.

-o outputfile | --output-file= outputfile

Write the stripped object to file outputfile instead of modifying the input in-place. Only a single input object should be specified if this option is used.

-p | --preserve-dates

Preserve the object's access and modification times.

-s | --strip-all

Remove all symbols.

--strip-unneeded

Remove all symbols not needed for further relocation processing.

-w | --wildcard

Use shell-style patterns to name symbols. The following meta-characters are recognized in patterns:

! If this is the first character of the pattern, invert the sense of the pattern match.

* Matches any string of characters in a symbol name.

? Matches zero or one character in a symbol name.

[ Mark the start of a character class.

\ Remove the special meaning of the next character in the pattern.

] Mark the end of a character class.

-x | --discard-all

Discard all non-global symbols.

-I format | --input-target= format

These options are accepted, but are ignored.

-K symbol | --keep-symbol= symbol

Keep the symbol symbol even if it would otherwise be stripped. This option may be specified multiple times.

-N symbol | --strip-symbol= symbol

Remove the symbol symbol even if it would otherwise have been kept. This option may be specified multiple times.

-O format | --output-target= format

Set the output file format to format. For the full list of supported formats, please see the documentation for function elftc_bfd_find_target(3).

-R sectionname | --remove-section= sectionname

Remove the section named by the argument sectionname. This option may be specified multiple times.

-V | --version

Print a version identifier and exit.

-X | --discard-locals

Remove compiler-generated local symbols.

“	"I liken starting one's computing career with Unix, say as an undergraduate, to being born in East Africa. It is intolerably hot, your body is covered with lice and flies, you are malnourished and you suffer from numerous curable diseases. But, as far as young East Africans can tell, this is simply the natural condition and they live within it. By the time they find out differently, it is too late. They already think that the writing of shell scripts is a natural act."	”
— Ken Pier, Xerox PARC

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-d \| -g \| -S \| --strip-debug
	Remove debugging symbols only.
-h \| --help
	Print a help message and exit.
--only-keep-debug
	Remove all content except that which would be used for debugging.
-o outputfile \| --output-file= outputfile
	Write the stripped object to file outputfile instead of modifying the input in-place. Only a single input object should be specified if this option is used.
-p \| --preserve-dates
	Preserve the object's access and modification times.
-s \| --strip-all
	Remove all symbols.
--strip-unneeded
	Remove all symbols not needed for further relocation processing.
-w \| --wildcard
	Use shell-style patterns to name symbols. The following meta-characters are recognized in patterns:
`!`	If this is the first character of the pattern, invert the sense of the pattern match.
`*`	Matches any string of characters in a symbol name.
`?`	Matches zero or one character in a symbol name.
`[`	Mark the start of a character class.
`\`	Remove the special meaning of the next character in the pattern.
`]`	Mark the end of a character class.

-x \| --discard-all
	Discard all non-global symbols.
-I format \| --input-target= format
	These options are accepted, but are ignored.
-K symbol \| --keep-symbol= symbol
	Keep the symbol symbol even if it would otherwise be stripped. This option may be specified multiple times.
-N symbol \| --strip-symbol= symbol
	Remove the symbol symbol even if it would otherwise have been kept. This option may be specified multiple times.
-O format \| --output-target= format
	Set the output file format to format. For the full list of supported formats, please see the documentation for function elftc_bfd_find_target(3).
-R sectionname \| --remove-section= sectionname
	Remove the section named by the argument sectionname. This option may be specified multiple times.
-V \| --version
	Print a version identifier and exit.
-X \| --discard-locals
	Remove compiler-generated local symbols.