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<a name="strip"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="c_002b_002bfilt.html#c_002b_002bfilt">c++filt</a>,
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<h2 class="chapter">8 strip</h2>
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<p><a name="index-strip-111"></a><a name="index-removing-symbols-112"></a><a name="index-discarding-symbols-113"></a><a name="index-symbols_002c-discarding-114"></a>
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<!-- man title strip Discard symbols from object files. -->
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<pre class="smallexample"> <!-- man begin SYNOPSIS strip -->
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strip [<span class="option">-F</span> <var>bfdname</var> |<span class="option">--target=</span><var>bfdname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-I</span> <var>bfdname</var> |<span class="option">--input-target=</span><var>bfdname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-O</span> <var>bfdname</var> |<span class="option">--output-target=</span><var>bfdname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-s</span>|<span class="option">--strip-all</span>]
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[<span class="option">-S</span>|<span class="option">-g</span>|<span class="option">-d</span>|<span class="option">--strip-debug</span>]
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[<span class="option">-K</span> <var>symbolname</var> |<span class="option">--keep-symbol=</span><var>symbolname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-N</span> <var>symbolname</var> |<span class="option">--strip-symbol=</span><var>symbolname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-w</span>|<span class="option">--wildcard</span>]
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[<span class="option">-x</span>|<span class="option">--discard-all</span>] [<span class="option">-X</span> |<span class="option">--discard-locals</span>]
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[<span class="option">-R</span> <var>sectionname</var> |<span class="option">--remove-section=</span><var>sectionname</var>]
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[<span class="option">-o</span> <var>file</var>] [<span class="option">-p</span>|<span class="option">--preserve-dates</span>]
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[<span class="option">--keep-file-symbols</span>]
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[<span class="option">--only-keep-debug</span>]
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[<span class="option">-v</span> |<span class="option">--verbose</span>] [<span class="option">-V</span>|<span class="option">--version</span>]
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[<span class="option">--help</span>] [<span class="option">--info</span>]
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<var>objfile</var>...
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<!-- man begin DESCRIPTION strip -->
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<p><span class="sc">gnu</span> <span class="command">strip</span> discards all symbols from object files
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<var>objfile</var>. The list of object files may include archives.
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At least one object file must be given.
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<p><span class="command">strip</span> modifies the files named in its argument,
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rather than writing modified copies under different names.
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<!-- man begin OPTIONS strip -->
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<dt><span class="env">-F </span><var>bfdname</var><dt><span class="env">--target=</span><var>bfdname</var><dd>Treat the original <var>objfile</var> as a file with the object
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code format <var>bfdname</var>, and rewrite it in the same format.
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See <a href="Target-Selection.html#Target-Selection">Target Selection</a>, for more information.
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<br><dt><span class="env">--help</span><dd>Show a summary of the options to <span class="command">strip</span> and exit.
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<br><dt><span class="env">--info</span><dd>Display a list showing all architectures and object formats available.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-I </span><var>bfdname</var><dt><span class="env">--input-target=</span><var>bfdname</var><dd>Treat the original <var>objfile</var> as a file with the object
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code format <var>bfdname</var>.
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See <a href="Target-Selection.html#Target-Selection">Target Selection</a>, for more information.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-O </span><var>bfdname</var><dt><span class="env">--output-target=</span><var>bfdname</var><dd>Replace <var>objfile</var> with a file in the output format <var>bfdname</var>.
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See <a href="Target-Selection.html#Target-Selection">Target Selection</a>, for more information.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-R </span><var>sectionname</var><dt><span class="env">--remove-section=</span><var>sectionname</var><dd>Remove any section named <var>sectionname</var> from the output file. This
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option may be given more than once. Note that using this option
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inappropriately may make the output file unusable.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-s</span><dt><span class="env">--strip-all</span><dd>Remove all symbols.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-g</span><dt><span class="env">-S</span><dt><span class="env">-d</span><dt><span class="env">--strip-debug</span><dd>Remove debugging symbols only.
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<br><dt><span class="env">--strip-unneeded</span><dd>Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-K </span><var>symbolname</var><dt><span class="env">--keep-symbol=</span><var>symbolname</var><dd>When stripping symbols, keep symbol <var>symbolname</var> even if it would
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normally be stripped. This option may be given more than once.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-N </span><var>symbolname</var><dt><span class="env">--strip-symbol=</span><var>symbolname</var><dd>Remove symbol <var>symbolname</var> from the source file. This option may be
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given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other than
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<span class="option">-K</span>.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-o </span><var>file</var><dd>Put the stripped output in <var>file</var>, rather than replacing the
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existing file. When this argument is used, only one <var>objfile</var>
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argument may be specified.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-p</span><dt><span class="env">--preserve-dates</span><dd>Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-w</span><dt><span class="env">--wildcard</span><dd>Permit regular expressions in <var>symbolname</var>s used in other command
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line options. The question mark (?), asterisk (*), backslash (\) and
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square brackets ([]) operators can be used anywhere in the symbol
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name. If the first character of the symbol name is the exclamation
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point (!) then the sense of the switch is reversed for that symbol.
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For example:
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<pre class="smallexample"> -w -K !foo -K fo*
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<p>would cause strip to only keep symbols that start with the letters
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“fo”, but to discard the symbol “foo”.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-x</span><dt><span class="env">--discard-all</span><dd>Remove non-global symbols.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-X</span><dt><span class="env">--discard-locals</span><dd>Remove compiler-generated local symbols.
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(These usually start with <span class="samp">L</span> or <span class="samp">.</span>.)
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<br><dt><span class="env">--keep-file-symbols</span><dd>When stripping a file, perhaps with <span class="option">--strip-debug</span> or
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<span class="option">--strip-unneeded</span>, retain any symbols specifying source file names,
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which would otherwise get stripped.
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<br><dt><span class="env">--only-keep-debug</span><dd>Strip a file, removing contents of any sections that would not be
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stripped by <span class="option">--strip-debug</span> and leaving the debugging sections
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intact. In ELF files, this preserves all note sections in the output.
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<p>The intention is that this option will be used in conjunction with
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<span class="option">--add-gnu-debuglink</span> to create a two part executable. One a
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stripped binary which will occupy less space in RAM and in a
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distribution and the second a debugging information file which is only
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needed if debugging abilities are required. The suggested procedure
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to create these files is as follows:
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<li>Link the executable as normal. Assuming that is is called
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<code>foo</code> then...
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<li>Run <code>objcopy --only-keep-debug foo foo.dbg</code> to
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create a file containing the debugging info.
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<li>Run <code>objcopy --strip-debug foo</code> to create a
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stripped executable.
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<li>Run <code>objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.dbg foo</code>
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to add a link to the debugging info into the stripped executable.
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</ol>
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<p>Note—the choice of <code>.dbg</code> as an extension for the debug info
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file is arbitrary. Also the <code>--only-keep-debug</code> step is
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optional. You could instead do this:
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<ol type=1 start=1>
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<li>Link the executable as normal.
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<li>Copy <code>foo</code> to <code>foo.full</code>
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<li>Run <code>strip --strip-debug foo</code>
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<li>Run <code>objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.full foo</code>
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</ol>
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<p>i.e., the file pointed to by the <span class="option">--add-gnu-debuglink</span> can be the
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full executable. It does not have to be a file created by the
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<span class="option">--only-keep-debug</span> switch.
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<p>Note—this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. It
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does not make sense to use it on object files where the debugging
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information may be incomplete. Besides the gnu_debuglink feature
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currently only supports the presence of one filename containing
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debugging information, not multiple filenames on a one-per-object-file
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basis.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-V</span><dt><span class="env">--version</span><dd>Show the version number for <span class="command">strip</span>.
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<br><dt><span class="env">-v</span><dt><span class="env">--verbose</span><dd>Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
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archives, <span class="samp">strip -v</span> lists all members of the archive.
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