.TH STRIP 1 .SH NAME strip \- remove symbols and relocation bits .SH SYNOPSIS .B strip name ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Strip removes the symbol table and relocation bits ordinarily attached to the output of the assembler and loader. This is useful to save space after a program has been debugged. .PP The effect of .I strip is the same as use of the .B \-s option of .IR ld . .SH FILES /tmp/stm? temporary file .SH "SEE ALSO" ld(1)