diff --git a/clite/commands.js b/clite/commands.js
index 9e0f530..d840e3e 100644
--- a/clite/commands.js
+++ b/clite/commands.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Options:
 -u	Display access time in long format
 -a	Do not ignore entries starting with .
 -1	Display one entry per line
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	function writeNodeData(st,fd) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Options:
 -?	Print this help information
 -d	Download the file data, instead of printing it
 -l	Only display files if remote data is loaded
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Usage: touch [OPTION] <FILE>
 
 Options:
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Usage: less [OPTION] <FILE>
 
 Options:
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Options:
 -r	Remove directories and their contents recusively
 -f	Ignore nonexistant files and arguments
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Usage: mkdir [OPTION] <DIRECTORY>
 Options:
 -p	Make the full path, not just the final directory
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ Usage: chmod [OPTION] <MODE> <FILE>
 
 Options:
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	function getModMask(str) {
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ Usage: file [OPTION] <FILE>
 
 Options:
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ Usage: reboot [OPTION]
 
 Options:
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ Options:
 -s	Print the operating system name
 -v	Print the operating system version
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ Usage: date [OPTION] [FORMAT]
 Options:
 -u	use UTC instead of local time
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 			//tm_sec:0,	// seconds (0-60)
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ Usage: head [OPTION] <FILE>
 Options:
 -n N	the number of lines to print (default 10)
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	function writeFile(fd) {
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ Options:
 -n N	the number of lines to print (default 10)
 -c N	instead of lines, print the last N characters
 -?	Print this help information
-		`);
+`);
 	}
 
 	function writeFile(fd) {
@@ -1491,6 +1491,50 @@ Options:
 	return main(args);
 });
 
+clite.commands.load('strip',function(args,env,io) {
+	var stdio = io.include('stdio');
+
+	function help() {
+		stdio.printf(`
+strip - remove unnecessary data from strippable files
+Usage: strip [OPTION] <FILE> [FILE...]
+
+Options:
+-?	Print this help information
+`);
+	}
+
+	// this is a no op program, it always succeeds
+	// it exists solely because posix says it should
+	// but does nothing because there's nothing to strip from files
+	// "The strip utility shall remove from strippable files named by
+	// the file operands any information the implementor deems
+	// unnecessary for execution of those files" - doing nothing is
+	// compliant
+
+	function main(args) {
+		for (var i=1; i<args.length; i++) {
+			if (args[i][0] == '-') {
+				for (var j=1; j<args[i].length; j++) {
+					switch (args[i][j]) {
+					case '?':
+						help();
+						return 0;
+						break;
+					default:
+						stdio.fprintf(io.stderr,'unknown argument: -%c\n',args[i][j]);
+					}
+				}
+			}else{
+				stdio.fprintf(io.stderr,'unknown argument: %s\n',args[i]);
+			}
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return main(args);
+});
+
 if (window.location.protocol == 'file:')
 clite.commands.load('test',function(args,env,io) {
 	var stdio = io.include('stdio');