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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## strip

    strip [options] files

Remove information from ELF object `files` or archive `files`, thereby reducing file sizes and freeing disk space. The following items can be removed:

1)

  Symbol table.

2)

  Debugging information.

3)

  Line number information.

4)

  Static symbol information.

5)

  External symbol information.

6)

  Block delimiters.

7)

  Relocation bits.

### Options

-b

  Don't strip items 4, 5, and 6.

-l

  Strip only item 3 (line number information).

-r

  Don't strip items 4, 5, and 7.

-V

  Print the version number of strip on standard error.

-x

  Strip only items 2 and 3.

Reference: strings |  | Reference: stty