<s>
In	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Plan	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
strip	O
program	O
removes	O
information	O
from	O
executable	O
binary	O
programs	O
and	O
object	B-Application
files	I-Application
that	O
is	O
not	O
essential	O
or	O
required	O
for	O
normal	O
and	O
correct	O
execution	B-General_Concept
,	O
thus	O
potentially	O
resulting	O
in	O
better	O
performance	O
and	O
sometimes	O
significantly	O
less	O
disk	O
space	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
file	O
is	O
a	O
stripped	B-Application
binary	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
removed	O
may	O
consist	O
of	O
debugging	O
and	O
symbol	B-Application
information	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
leaves	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
binary	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
implementer	O
of	O
the	O
stripping	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effect	O
of	O
strip	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
linker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
in	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
this	O
option	O
is	O
"	O
-s	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
ships	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
strip	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Binutils	I-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
strip	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
