{"id":4215,"date":"2024-04-27T11:52:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cthecosmos.com\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2024-04-27T11:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:22:16","slug":"gdb-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cthecosmos.com\/?p=4215","title":{"rendered":"GDB COMMANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A List of few gdb commands that can help you during debugging using gdb debugger.

1) \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c:<\/strong>
List all the functions in the program or those matching a regular expression. Useful to see the functions provided by a library or module.
Syntax: info functions <regex>
Example: info functions _init
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2) \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c:<\/strong>
Display the content of the CPU registers.
Example: info registers<\/em><\/strong>

3) \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d:<\/strong>
Modify the value of variables or memory.

Syntax: set var <variable_name>=<value>
Example: To set a variable counter to 5: set var counter=5
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Syntax for memory: set {<type>}<address> = <value>
Example: To set a word of memory at address 0x20000010 to 0xABCD1234: set {int}0x20000010 = 0xABCD1234
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4) \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21:<\/strong>
Set a watchpoint for a variable. The program will stop when the variable changes.

Syntax: watch <variable_name>
Example: watch myVariable
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5) \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc22 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc22:<\/strong>
Execute one machine instruction, stepping into functions.
Example: stepi<\/em><\/strong>

6) \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc31\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc22:<\/strong>
Execute one machine instruction, stepping over functions.
Example: nexti<\/em><\/strong>

7) \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1c:<\/strong>
Shows detailed information about the process being debugged. This can be helpful to inspect the memory map, which is essential in embedded systems.

Example: info proc<\/em><\/strong>

8) \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc30 \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc2c:<\/strong>
Display the list of directories GDB searches for executables and source files. This is essential when you have an embedded system’s SDK or cross-compilation toolchain with its libraries.

Example: show paths<\/em><\/strong>

9) \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1d-\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc32\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25-\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e:<\/strong>
Add symbols from an external file. This is useful when you have a stripped binary running on an embedded device but have a separate file with debugging symbols.

Syntax: add-symbol-file <file> <address>
Example: add-symbol-file my_symbols.elf 0x08000000
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10) \ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e:<\/strong>
View the assembly code of a function or a range of addresses.
Syntax: disassemble <function\/range>

Example: disassemble main
Example: disassemble 0x08000000,+50
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11) \ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c:<\/strong>
Display all the sections in the current binary. This is useful to inspect where each section (like .text, .data, .bss) is located in memory.

Example: maintenance info sections..<\/em><\/strong>

12) \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27:<\/strong>
Print structures in a pretty format, making it easier to read complex data structures.

Example: set print pretty on<\/em><\/strong>

13) \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc30-\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc24-\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1e:<\/strong>
Decide how GDB should behave when the debugged process forks. It’s relevant in embedded systems where processes or tasks might spawn child processes.

Syntax: set follow-fork-mode <mode>
Example: set follow-fork-mode child (debug the child process after a fork)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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