strip

     NAME
          strip - Discard symbols from object files.


     SYNOPSIS
          strip
               [-Fbfdname | --target=bfdname]
               [-Ibfdname | --input-target=bfdname]
               [-Obfdname | --output-target=bfdname]
               [-Rsectionname | --remove-section=sectionname]
               [-s|--strip-all] [-S|-g|--strip-debug
               [-x|--discard-all] [-X|--discard-locals] [-v|--verbose]
               [-V|--version] [-V|--help] objfile...


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


          strip 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 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 the named section from the file.  This option
               may be given more than once.  Note that using this
               option inappropriately may make the object file
               unusable.


          -s

          --strip-all
               Remove all symbols.


          -S

          -g

          --strip-debug
               Remove debugging symbols only.


          -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 other strip options.


          -x

          --discard-all
               Remove non-global symbols.


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


          -v

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


          -V

          --version
               Show the version number for strip and exit.

     SEE ALSO
          `binutils' entry in info; The GNU Binary Utilities , Roland
          H. Pesch (October 1991).


     COPYING
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