STRIP(1)                FreeBSD General Commands Manual               STRIP(1)

NAME
     strip - discard information from ELF objects

SYNOPSIS
     strip [-d | -g | -S | --strip-debug] [-h | --help] [--only-keep-debug]
           [-o outputfile | --output-file=outputfile] [-p | --preserve-dates]
           [-s | --strip-all] [--strip-unneeded] [-w | --wildcard]
           [-x | --discard-all] [-I format | --input-target=format]
           [-K symbol | --keep-symbol=symbol]
           [-N symbol | --strip-symbol=symbol]
           [-O format | --output-target=format]
           [-R sectionname | --remove-section=sectionname] [-V | --version]
           [-X | --discard-locals] file ...

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

     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.

DIAGNOSTICS
     The strip utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     ar(1), elfcopy(1), ld(1), mcs(1), elf(3), elftc_bfd_find_target(3),
     fnmatch(3)

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6          July 27, 2019         FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6