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Hi there

Can someone tell me who I can use this command to apply to a directory?

Presently, I am having to do this files individually.

Thanks in advance

Jasper wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:34 pm

Hi there

Can someone tell me who I can use this command to apply to a directory?

Presently, I am having to do this files individually.

Thanks in advance

Strip command removes some symbols on ELF binaries. This will reduce the file size
It only works on ELF executables and library files

To strip files

find <folder> -type f | xargs -i strip --strip-unneeded '{}'

To strip library files

find <folder> -type f -name "*.so*" | xargs -i strip --strip-unneeded '{}'

To strip kernel modules

find <folder> -type f -name "*.ko" | xargs -i strip --strip-unneeded '{}'

@mistfire

Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge.

I will be honest, I did a system-wide strip of the relevant directories. Of course, their were some files that were not recognised but in the whole it worked.

I did have to load up the DevX file in order to do so.

Also, I could not shut down normally and had to resort to a physical power down. This wasn't a big deal as I knew I would be given the option to "save" which I did.

Rebooted and everything appears to be working so far. The only issue is that I have a menu entry "Glade" left over. I can live with that

**EDIT** Fix Menus cleaned up the menu entries