1 llvm-strip - object stripping tool
2 ==================================
4 .. program:: llvm-strip
9 :program:`llvm-strip` [*options*] *inputs...*
14 :program:`llvm-strip` is a tool to strip sections and symbols from object files.
15 If no other stripping or remove options are specified, :option:`--strip-all`
18 By default, the input files are modified in-place. If "-" is specified for the
19 input file, the input is read from the program's standard input stream.
21 If the input is an archive, any requested operations will be applied to each
22 archive member individually.
24 The tool is still in active development, but in most scenarios it works as a
25 drop-in replacement for GNU's :program:`strip`.
27 GENERIC AND CROSS-PLATFORM OPTIONS
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30 The following options are either agnostic of the file format, or apply to
31 multiple file formats.
33 .. option:: --disable-deterministic-archives, -U
35 Use real values for UIDs, GIDs and timestamps when updating archive member
38 .. option:: --discard-all, -x
40 Remove most local symbols from the output. Different file formats may limit
41 this to a subset of the local symbols. For example, file and section symbols in
42 ELF objects will not be discarded.
44 .. option:: --enable-deterministic-archives, -D
46 Enable deterministic mode when stripping archives, i.e. use 0 for archive member
47 header UIDs, GIDs and timestamp fields. On by default.
49 .. option:: --help, -h
51 Print a summary of command line options.
53 .. option:: --no-strip-all
55 Disable :option:`--strip-all`.
59 Write output to <file>. Multiple input files cannot be used in combination
64 If specified, symbol and section names specified by other switches are treated
65 as extended POSIX regular expression patterns.
67 .. option:: --remove-section <section>, -R
69 Remove the specified section from the output. Can be specified multiple times
70 to remove multiple sections simultaneously.
72 .. option:: --strip-all-gnu
74 Remove all symbols, debug sections and relocations from the output. This option
75 is equivalent to GNU :program:`strip`'s ``--strip-all`` switch.
77 .. option:: --strip-all, -S
79 For ELF objects, remove from the output all symbols and non-alloc sections not
80 within segments, except for .gnu.warning, .ARM.attribute sections and the
83 For COFF objects, remove all symbols, debug sections, and relocations from the
86 .. option:: --strip-debug, -g
88 Remove all debug sections from the output.
90 .. option:: --strip-symbol <symbol>, -N
92 Remove all symbols named ``<symbol>`` from the output. Can be specified
93 multiple times to remove multiple symbols.
95 .. option:: --strip-unneeded
97 Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by
98 relocations. Also remove all debug sections.
100 .. option:: --version, -V
102 Display the version of the :program:`llvm-strip` executable.
106 Read command-line options and commands from response file `<FILE>`.
108 .. option:: --wildcard, -w
110 Allow wildcard syntax for symbol-related flags. On by default for
111 section-related flags. Incompatible with --regex.
113 Wildcard syntax allows the following special symbols:
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116 Character Meaning Equivalent
117 ====================== ========================= ==================
118 ``*`` Any number of characters ``.*``
119 ``?`` Any single character ``.``
120 ``\`` Escape the next character ``\``
121 ``[a-z]`` Character class ``[a-z]``
122 ``[!a-z]``, ``[^a-z]`` Negated character class ``[^a-z]``
123 ====================== ========================= ==================
125 Additionally, starting a wildcard with '!' will prevent a match, even if
126 another flag matches. For example ``-w -N '*' -N '!x'`` will strip all symbols
129 The order of wildcards does not matter. For example, ``-w -N '*' -N '!x'`` is
130 the same as ``-w -N '!x' -N '*'``.
132 COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
133 ---------------------
135 The following options are implemented only for COFF objects. If used with other
136 objects, :program:`llvm-strip` will either emit an error or silently ignore
139 .. option:: --only-keep-debug
141 Remove the contents of non-debug sections from the output, but keep the section
147 The following options are implemented only for ELF objects. If used with other
148 objects, :program:`llvm-strip` will either emit an error or silently ignore
151 .. option:: --allow-broken-links
153 Allow :program:`llvm-strip` to remove sections even if it would leave invalid
154 section references. Any invalid sh_link fields will be set to zero.
156 .. option:: --discard-locals, -X
158 Remove local symbols starting with ".L" from the output.
160 .. option:: --keep-file-symbols
162 Keep symbols of type `STT_FILE`, even if they would otherwise be stripped.
164 .. option:: --keep-section <section>
166 When removing sections from the output, do not remove sections named
167 ``<section>``. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple sections.
169 .. option:: --keep-symbol <symbol>, -K
171 When removing symbols from the output, do not remove symbols named
172 ``<symbol>``. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple symbols.
174 .. option:: --preserve-dates, -p
176 Preserve access and modification timestamps in the output.
178 .. option:: --strip-sections
180 Remove from the output all section headers and all section data not within
181 segments. Note that many tools will not be able to use an object without
187 :program:`llvm-strip` exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error.
188 Otherwise, it exits with code 0.
193 To report bugs, please visit <http://llvm.org/bugs/>.
198 :manpage:`llvm-objcopy(1)`