GDB Flashcards
How to View the processor registers
info all-registers ; info registers
How to Set a breakpoint in code
break /
Find the address of an OS function
info address
Inspect a memory location
x
Running gdb with args
gdb –args
Running gdb with args
gdb –args
clear all breakpoints
clear
enable/disable breakpoint
enable/disable breakpoint
kill the program
kill
set new watch point
watch
Examining a frame
frame
show the call stack
backtrace
go to the next instruction (stepping through)
step
go to the next instruction diving into functions (stepping through)
step
go to next instruction don’t dive into functions
next
print variables/memory
print/format
display/format information after each step
display/format
continue normal execution
continue
change content of variable to given value
set var =
force current program to exit immediately passing current value
return
print the arguments to a function on current stack frame
info args
list all the threads
info threads
print type of named variable
whatis <var> </var>
print local variables in current stackframe
info locals
print variables in hex
print/x
