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gdb

The GNU Debugger. More information: https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb#Invocation.

• Debug an executable:

gdb {{path/to/executable}}

• Attach a process to gdb:

gdb {{[-p|--pid]}} {{procID}}

• Debug with a core file:

gdb {{[-c|--core]}} {{path/to/core}} {{path/to/executable}}

• Execute given GDB commands upon start:

gdb {{[-ex|--eval-command]}} "{{commands}}" {{path/to/executable}}

• Start gdb and pass arguments to the executable:

gdb --args {{path/to/executable}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

• Skip debuginfod and pagination prompts and then print the backtrace:

gdb {{[-c|--core]}} {{path/to/core}} {{path/to/executable}} -iex 'set debuginfod enabled on' -iex 'set pagination off' -ex bt