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strip is ashellcommand for removing information frombinaryexecutableprograms andobject files that is not required forexecution – typically includingdebugging data,symbol tables,relocation information, and othermetadata. The resulting file generally has a smallersize and potentially has increased performance. The resulting file is known as astripped binary.^[1]

Usingstrip can enhance the security of an executable by making it more difficult toreverse-engineer. The absence of symbol and debugging information complicates theprogram analysis of the binary.

The effect ofstrip can also be achieved via acompiler orlinker to perform the same process.^[2] For example, in theGNU C compiler (gcc), this is done via the-s option.^[2]

The command is available inUnix,Plan 9, andUnix-like systems. TheGNU Project includes an implementation in theGNU Binutils package. The command has been implemented in to other operating systems includingWindows.

• Dead code elimination – Compiler optimization to remove code which does not affect the program resultsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Debug symbol – special kind of symbol that attaches additional information to the symbol table of an object file, such as a shared library or an executable, allowing a symbolic debugger to gain access to information from the source code of the binaryPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Executable compression – Means of compressing an executable file
• List of POSIX commands
• strings (Unix) – Shell command for extracting printable text from a binary file
• Symbol table – Data structure used by a language translator such as a compiler or interpreter

• "strip",The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2, The Open Group, 1997

The WikibookGuide to Unix has a page on the topic of:Commands

• strip – Shell and Utilities Reference,The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 fromThe Open Group
• strip(1) – Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 1

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• Unix SUS2008 utilities
• Plan 9 commands

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