# strip-nondeterminism > A tool to remove non-deterministic information (e.g. timestamps) from files. > More information: . - Strip nondeterministic information from a file: `strip-nondeterminism {{path/to/file}}` - Strip nondeterministic information from a file manually specifying the filetype: `strip-nondeterminism --type {{filetype}} {{path/to/file}}` - Strip nondeterministic information from a file; instead of removing timestamps set them to the specified UNIX timestamp: `strip-nondeterminism --timestamp {{unix_timestamp}} {{path/to/file}}`