GDB

Question 1

How to View the processor registers

Answer 1

info all-registers ; info registers

Question 2

How to Set a breakpoint in code

Answer 2

break /

Question 3

Find the address of an OS function

Answer 3

info address

Question 4

Inspect a memory location

Answer 4

x

Question 5

Running gdb with args

Answer 5

gdb –args

Question 6

Running gdb with args

Answer 6

gdb –args

Question 7

clear all breakpoints

Answer 7

clear

Question 8

enable/disable breakpoint

Answer 8

enable/disable breakpoint

Question 9

kill the program

Answer 9

kill

Question 10

set new watch point

Answer 10

watch

Question 11

Examining a frame

Answer 11

frame

Question 12

show the call stack

Answer 12

backtrace

Question 13

go to the next instruction (stepping through)

Answer 13

step

Question 14

go to the next instruction diving into functions (stepping through)

Answer 14

step

Question 15

go to next instruction don’t dive into functions

Answer 15

next

Question 16

print variables/memory

Answer 16

print/format

Question 17

display/format information after each step

Answer 17

display/format

Question 18

continue normal execution

Answer 18

continue

Question 19

change content of variable to given value

Answer 19

set var =

Question 20

force current program to exit immediately passing current value

Answer 20

return

Question 21

print the arguments to a function on current stack frame

Answer 21

info args

Question 22

list all the threads

Answer 22

info threads

Question 23

print type of named variable

Answer 23

whatis <var> </var>

Question 24

print local variables in current stackframe

Answer 24

info locals

Question 25

print variables in hex

Answer 25

print/x