Gdb

Revision as of 11:51, 29 September 2014

Useful GDB commands...

Command	Description
`bt` or `backtrace`	show a backtrace from the current location
`frame <frameno>`	move to a different stack frame
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`info threads`	list of running threads
`thread <threadno>`	switch to a different thread
-	-
`info breakpoints`	list of breakpoints
`break <file>:<lineno>`	set a breakpoint
`step`	step into the current line
`next`	step over the current line
`fin`	step out
`cont`	continue execution
-	-
`x <address>`	examine memory
`x <variable>`	dump variable contents
`x/128b <variable>`	dump variable contents, 128 bytes (`b` byte / `h` halfword / `w` word / `g` giant, 8-bytes )
`x/s <variable>`	dump variable contents, as a nul-terminated string

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 | <code>cont</code> || continue execution
+|-
+! - !! -
+|-
+| <code>x ''<address>''</code> || examine memory
+|-
+| <code>x ''<variable>''</code> || dump variable contents
+|-
+| <code>x/128b ''<variable>''</code> || dump variable contents, 128 bytes (<code>b</code> byte / <code>h</code> halfword / <code>w</code> word / <code>g</code> giant, 8-bytes )
+|-
+| <code>x/s ''<variable>''</code> || dump variable contents, as a nul-terminated string
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