GDB commands by function

• Startup

gdb -help	print startup help, show switches
gdb object	normal debug
gdb object core	core debug (must specify core file)
gdb object pid	attach to running process
gdb	use file command to load object

• Help

(gdb) help	list command classes
(gdb) help running	list commands in one command class
(gdb) help run	bottom-level help for a command "run"
(gdb) help info	list info commands (running program state)
(gdb) help info line	help for a particular info command
(gdb) help show	list show commands (gdb state)
(gdb) help show commands	specific help for a show command

• Breakpoints

(gdb) break funcname	set a breakpoint on a function
(gdb) break linenum	set a breakpoint on a line number
(gdb) break filename:funcname	set breakpoint at file and function
(gdb) break filename:linenum	set breakpoint at file and line
(gdb) info breakpoints	show breakpoints
(gdb) delete breakpointnum	delete a breakpoint by number
(gdb) delete	delete all breakpoints
(gdb) clear	delete breakpoints at current line
(gdb) clear funcname	delete breakpoints at function
(gdb) clear linenum	delete breakpoints at line
(gdb) disable breakpointnum	turn a breakpoint off, but don't remove it
(gdb) enable breakpointnum	turn disabled breakpoint back on
(gdb) tbreak funcname\linenum	set a temporary breakpoint
(gdb) commands break-no … end	set gdb commands with breakpoint
(gdb) ignore break-no count	ignore bpt N-1 times before activation
(gdb) condition break-no expression	break only if condition is true
(gdb) condition 2 i == 20	example: break on breakpoint 2 if i equals 20
(gdb) watch expression	set software watchpoint on variable
(gdb) info watchpoints	show current watchpoints

• Running the program

(gdb) run	run the program with current arguments
(gdb) run args redirection	run with args and redirection
(gdb) set args args…	set arguments for run
(gdb) show args	show current arguments to run
(gdb) cont	continue the program
(gdb) step	single step the program; step into functions
(gdb) step count	single step count times
(gdb) next	step but step over functions
(gdb) next count	next count times
(gdb) CTRL-C	actually SIGINT, stop execution of current program
(gdb) attach process-id	attach to running program
(gdb) detach	detach from running program
(gdb) finish	finish current function's execution
(gdb) kill	kill current executing program

• Stack backtrace

(gdb) bt	print stack backtrace
(gdb) frame	show current execution position
(gdb) up	move up stack trace (towards main)
(gdb) down	move down stack trace (away from main)
(gdb) info locals	print automatic variables in frame
(gdb) info args	print function parameters