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                     35: .Dd May 26, 1991
                     36: .Dt STRIP 1
                     37: .Os
                     38: .Sh NAME
                     39: .Nm strip
                     40: .Nd remove unnecessary information from executable files
                     41: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     42: .Nm strip
                     43: .Op Fl d
                     44: .Op Fl x
                     45: .Ar file ...
                     46: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     47: The
                     48: .Nm strip
                     49: utility
                     50: deletes the relocation information and symbol table used by
                     51: assemblers, loaders and debuggers.
                     52: This significantly
                     53: decreases the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.
                     54: .Pp
                     55: The options are as follows:
                     56: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     57: .It Fl d
                     58: Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
                     59: .It Fl x
                     60: Delete only debugging, compiler identification, and local symbols.
                     61: .El
                     62: .Pp
                     63: .Nm Strip
                     64: exits 0 on success and 1 if an error occurred.
                     65: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     66: .Xr cc 1 ,
                     67: .Xr ld 1 ,
                     68: .Xr stab 5
                     69: .Sh HISTORY
                     70: A
                     71: .Nm
                     72: command appeared in
                     73: .At v6 .