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+<h1><a class="header" href="#cli" id="cli">CLI</a></h1>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb [opts] [prg [-c coredump | -p pid]]
+ gdb [opts] --args prg &lt;prg-args&gt;
+ opts:
+ -p &lt;pid&gt; attach to pid
+ -c &lt;coredump&gt; use &lt;coredump&gt;
+ -x &lt;file&gt; execute script &lt;file&gt; before prompt
+ -ex &lt;cmd&gt; execute command &lt;cmd&gt; before prompt
+ --tty &lt;tty&gt; set I/O tty for debugee
+</code></pre>
+<h1><a class="header" href="#interactive-usage" id="interactive-usage">Interactive usage</a></h1>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> tty &lt;tty&gt;
+ Set &lt;tty&gt; as tty for debugee.
+ Make sure nobody reads from target tty, easiest is to spawn a shell
+ and run following in target tty:
+ &gt; while true; do sleep 1024; done
+
+ set follow-fork-mode &lt;child | parent&gt;
+ Specify which process to follow when debuggee makes a fork(2)
+ syscall.
+
+ sharedlibrary [&lt;regex&gt;]
+ Load symbols of shared libs loaded by debugee. Optionally use &lt;regex&gt;
+ to filter libs for symbol loading.
+
+ break [-qualified] &lt;sym&gt; thread &lt;tnum&gt;
+ Set a breakpoint only for a specific thread.
+ -qualified: Tred &lt;sym&gt; as fully qualified symbol (quiet handy to set
+ breakpoints on C symbols in C++ contexts)
+
+ rbreak &lt;regex&gt;
+ Set breakpoints matching &lt;regex&gt;, where matching internally is done
+ on: .*&lt;regex&gt;.*
+
+ command [&lt;bp_list&gt;]
+ Define commands to run after breakpoint hit. If &lt;bp_list&gt; is not
+ specified attach command to last created breakpoint. Command block
+ terminated with 'end' token.
+
+ &lt;bp_list&gt;: Space separates list, eg 'command 2 5-8' to run command
+ for breakpoints: 2,5,6,7,8.
+
+ info functions [&lt;regex&gt;]
+ List functions matching &lt;regex&gt;. List all functions if no &lt;regex&gt;
+ provided.
+
+ info variables [&lt;regex&gt;]
+ List variables matching &lt;regex&gt;. List all variables if no &lt;regex&gt;
+ provided.
+
+ info handle [&lt;signal&gt;]
+ Print how to handle &lt;signal&gt;. If no &lt;signal&gt; specified print for all
+ signals.
+
+ handle &lt;signal&gt; &lt;action&gt;
+ Configure how gdb handles &lt;signal&gt; sent to debugee.
+ &lt;action&gt;:
+ stop/nostop Catch signal in gdb and break.
+ print/noprint Print message when gdb catches signal.
+ pass/nopass Pass signal down to debugee.
+
+ catch signal &lt;signal&gt;
+ Create a catchpoint for &lt;signal&gt;.
+</code></pre>
+<h1><a class="header" href="#user-commands-macros" id="user-commands-macros">User commands (macros)</a></h1>
+<p>Gdb allows to create &amp; document user commands as follows:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define &lt;cmd&gt;
+ # cmds
+ end
+
+ document &lt;cmd&gt;
+ # docu
+ end
+</code></pre>
+<p>To get all user commands or documentations one can use:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> help user-defined
+ help &lt;cmd&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<h1><a class="header" href="#hooks" id="hooks">Hooks</a></h1>
+<p>Gdb allows to create two types of command <code>hooks</code></p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>hook-</code> will be run before <code>&lt;cmd&gt;</code></li>
+<li><code>hookpost-</code> will be run after <code>&lt;cmd&gt;</code></li>
+</ul>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define hook-&lt;cmd&gt;
+ # cmds
+ end
+
+ define hookpost-&lt;cmd&gt;
+ # cmds
+ end
+</code></pre>
+<h1><a class="header" href="#examples" id="examples">Examples</a></h1>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#catch-sigsegv-and-execute-commands" id="catch-sigsegv-and-execute-commands">Catch SIGSEGV and execute commands</a></h2>
+<p>This creates a <code>catchpoint</code> for the <code>SIGSEGV</code> signal and attached the <code>command</code>
+to it.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> catch signal SIGSEGV
+ command
+ bt
+ c
+ end
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#run-backtrace-on-thread-1-batch-mode" id="run-backtrace-on-thread-1-batch-mode">Run <code>backtrace</code> on thread 1 (batch mode)</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb --batch -ex 'thread 1' -ex 'bt' -p &lt;pid&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#script-gdb-for-automating-debugging-sessions" id="script-gdb-for-automating-debugging-sessions">Script gdb for automating debugging sessions</a></h2>
+<p>To script gdb add commands into a file and pass it to gdb via <code>-x</code>.
+For example create <code>run.gdb</code>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> set pagination off
+
+ break mmap
+ command
+ info reg rdi rsi rdx
+ bt
+ c
+ end
+
+ #initial drop
+ c
+</code></pre>
+<p>This script can be used as:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> gdb --batch -x ./run.gdb -p &lt;pid&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<h1><a class="header" href="#know-bugs" id="know-bugs">Know Bugs</a></h1>
+<h2><a class="header" href="#workaround-command--finish-bug" id="workaround-command--finish-bug">Workaround <code>command + finish</code> bug</a></h2>
+<p>When using <code>finish</code> inside a <code>command</code> block, commands after <code>finish</code> are not
+executed. To workaround that bug one can create a wrapper function which calls
+<code>finish</code>.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-markdown"> define handler
+ bt
+ finish
+ info reg rax
+ end
+
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