C++ debug in Linux——GDB

I find GDB (Gnu DeBugger) to be the best tool for c/c++. It’s probably already installed on your system if you have gcc installed.

To use it, make sure you compile your program with the -g flag:

gcc -g myprog.c -o myprog

And then launch the debugger with

gdb ./myprog

Here are some basic commands to get you going:

b lineno - set a break point at line ‘lineno’
b srcfile:lineno - set a break point in source file ‘srcfile’ at line ‘lineno’
r - run the program
s - step through the next line of code
c - continue execution up to the next breakpoint
p varname - print the value of the variable ‘varname’