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 discards all symbols from 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 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.

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

SEE ALSO
    the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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    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".