syntax

$ strip [options] objfile...

$ cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
   // printf() displays the string inside quotation
   printf("Hello, World!");
   return 0;
}

$ gcc hello.c -o hello.out

To strip the symbol table

$ readelf -s hello.out

$ strip -s hello.out

check the symbol table 

$ readelf -s hello.out

To remove debug symbols only 

$ strip --strip-debug hello.out

check the symbol table 

$ readelf -a hello.out

To Remove a particular section

$ readelf -S hello.out

strip the .gnu.version section from the executable

$ strip -R .gnu.version hello.out

check the list of sections

$ readelf -S hello.out

To Remove unneeded symbols

$ strip --strip-unneeded hello.out

$ readelf -a hello.out

To Shield a particular symbol from stripping

$ strip -s -K hello.c hello.out

$ readelf -s hello.out

To strip off a particular symbol 

$ strip -N hello.c hello.out

$ readelf -s hello.out

To create a new stripped off file 

$ strip -s -o stripped_hello hello.out

$ ls -lart stripped_hello

To preserve the access and modification date/time

check the access and modification time of the original file

$ stat hello.out

$ strip -s -p hello.out

regards,

T.Dhanasekar