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strip(1) General Commands Manual strip(1) NAME strip - Removes symbols and relocation bits SYNOPSIS strip [-V] file... STANDARDS Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry stan- dards as follows: strip: XPG4, XPG4-UNIX Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about in- dustry standards and associated tags. OPTIONS [SVID 3] Displays the version number of the strip command. DESCRIPTION The strip command removes the symbol table and relocation bits ordinar- ily attached to the output of the assembler and loader. This is useful to save space after a program has been debugged. The effect of strip is the same as use of the -s option to cc, c89, or ld. Note that strip command will not strip executables with unresolved re- location entries. EXIT STATUS Success. An error occurred. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables affect the behavior of strip: Pro- vides a default value for the locale category variables that are not set or null. If set, overrides the values of all other locale vari- ables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of byte sequences as characters (single-byte or multibyte) in input parameters and files. Determines the locale used to affect the format and contents of diag- nostic messages displayed by the command. Determines the location of message catalogs for processing of LC_MESSAGES. FILES Temporary file SEE ALSO Commands: ar(1), cc(1), c89(1), ld(1) Standards: standards(5) strip(1)