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--target=format

Specify an alternative object code format to the system default.

Valid targets include elf32-i386, a.out-i386-linux, efi-app-

ia32, elf32-little, elf32-big, srec, symbolsrec, tekhex, binary,

ihex, and trad-core.

--help

Print help message and then exit. The help message includes a

list of valid targets.

-v, --version

Print version information and then exit.

strip

strip [options] files

Remove symbols from object files, thereby reducing file sizes and

freeing disk space.

Options

-Fbfdname, --target=bfdname

Specify object format for both input and output by binary file

descriptor name bfdname. Use option -h to see a list of

supported formats.

-I bfdname, --input-target=bfdname

Expect object format bfdname for input.

--help

Print help message, then exit.

-K symbol, --keep-symbol=symbol

Delete all symbols except the specified symbol. This option

may be used more than once.

-N symbol, --strip-symbol=symbol

Remove symbol from the source file.

-O bfdname, --output-target=bfdname

Use object format bfdname for output.

-o file

Write stripped object to file instead of replacing the original.

Only one object file at a time may be stripped when using this

option.

-p, --preserve-dates

Preserve access and modification times.

-R section, --remove-section=section

Delete section ...