Strip (Unix)

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strip
Original authors	Dennis Ritchie (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
Developers	Various open-source and commercial developers
Initial release	June 12, 1972; 53 years ago (1972-06-12)
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Microsoft Windows
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Command
License	Plan 9: MIT License

strip is a shell command for removing information from binary executable programs and object files that is not required for execution – typically including debugging data, symbol tables, relocation information, and other metadata. The resulting file will have a smaller size, this is also known as a stripped binary.^[1]

Using strip can enhance the security of an executable by making it more difficult to reverse-engineer. The absence of symbol and debugging information complicates the program analysis of the binary.

The effect of strip can also be achieved via a compiler or linker to perform the same process.^[2] For example, in the GNU C compiler (gcc), this is done via the -s option.^[2]

The command is available in Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like systems. The GNU Project includes an implementation in the GNU Binutils package. The command has been implemented in to other operating systems including Windows.

References

↑ "Linux Strip Command". www.computerhope.com. Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
1 2 "What is the difference between "gcc -s" and a "strip" command?". Stack Overflow. Archived from the original on 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-10-01.

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

External links

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

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

v t e Unix command-line interface programs and shell builtins
File system	cat chattr chmod chown chgrp cksum cmp cp dd du df file fuser ln ls mkdir mv pax pwd rm rmdir split tee touch type umask
Processes	at bg crontab fg kill nice ps time
User environment	env exit logname mesg talk tput uname who write
Text processing	awk basename comm csplit cut diff dirname ed ex fold head iconv join m4 more nl paste patch printf read sed sort strings tail tr troff uniq vi wc xargs
Shell builtins	alias cd echo test unset wait
Searching	find grep
Documentation	man
Software development	ar ctags lex make nm strip yacc
Miscellaneous	bc cal expr lp od sleep true and false
Categories Standard Unix programs Unix SUS2008 utilities List

v t e Plan 9 command-line interface programs and shell builtins
File system	chmod chgrp cmp cp dd du file gzip ls mkdir pwd rm split tee touch
Processes	kill ps
User environment	passwd who
Text processing	awk basename comm diff ed eqn join sed sort spell strings tail tr troff uniq wc
Shell builtins	echo test
Networking	ip/ipconfig ip/ping netstat
Searching	grep
Software development	ar hoc lex nm strip yacc
Miscellaneous	bc cal fortune sleep
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Strip (Unix)

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