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GDB Debugger

The document is about debugging a C program using GDB. It discusses how to install GDB, compile a C program with debugging symbols, and run the program in GDB. It lists some useful GDB commands like run, step, next, print, and help to start the program, step through code, examine variables, and get command help.

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GDB Debugger

The document is about debugging a C program using GDB. It discusses how to install GDB, compile a C program with debugging symbols, and run the program in GDB. It lists some useful GDB commands like run, step, next, print, and help to start the program, step through code, examine variables, and get command help.

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Academic Year: 2022-23 Name of Student: Afif

Semester: III Student ID:21104060


Class / Branch/ Div: SE- IT A/ B Roll No.33
Subject: Data Structure Lab Date of Submission:29-10
Name of Instructor: Sneha Miss
Debugging

GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on `inside' another
program while it executes -- or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed.

GDB can do four main kinds of things (plus other things in support of these) to help you
catch bugs in the act:

 Start your program, specifying anything that might affect its behavior.
 Make your program stop on specified conditions.
 Examine what has happened, when your program has stopped.
 Change things in your program, so you can experiment with correcting the effects of
one bug and go on to learn about another.

1.Install GDB

sudo apt-get install gdb


Academic Year: 2022-23 Name of Student: Afif
Semester: III Student ID:21104060
Class / Branch/ Div: SE- IT A/ B Roll No.33
Subject: Data Structure Lab Date of Submission:29-10
Name of Instructor: Sneha Miss

2.C program

3. Compile the program specifically for GDB by using the `-g` flag:

gcc -g first.c

Using this flag means that GDB will preserve function and variable names and line numbers
for the debugger. Normally this information is not retained in a compiled program.

4.To start the GNU debugger running your program with command line arguments you can
use:

gdb a.out
Academic Year: 2022-23 Name of Student: Afif
Semester: III Student ID:21104060
Class / Branch/ Div: SE- IT A/ B Roll No.33
Subject: Data Structure Lab Date of Submission:29-10
Name of Instructor: Sneha Miss

5. GDB will display the line of code at which the error occurred. However, it will be more
helpful to see the entire source file. To do this use the Text User Interface (TUI) mode by
typing:

layout next
Academic Year: 2022-23 Name of Student: Afif
Semester: III Student ID:21104060
Class / Branch/ Div: SE- IT A/ B Roll No.33
Subject: Data Structure Lab Date of Submission:29-10
Name of Instructor: Sneha Miss

6.Examine some of the variable values to investigation what the issue


is. To print a variable value, use:

print i

Other Useful command

h[elp] Get help on gdb commands

Get help on a specific gdb command


h[elp] cmd
r[un] Run to next breakpoint or to end
s[tep] Single-step, descending into functions
n[ext] Single-step without descending into functions
fin[ish] Finish current function, loop, etc. (useful!)
c[ontinue] Continue to next breakpoint or end
up Go up one context level on stack (to caller)
do[wn] Go down one level (only possible after up)
l[ist] Show lines of code surrounding the current point
Academic Year: 2022-23 Name of Student: Afif
Semester: III Student ID:21104060
Class / Branch/ Div: SE- IT A/ B Roll No.33
Subject: Data Structure Lab Date of Submission:29-10
Name of Instructor: Sneha Miss
p[rint] <name> Print value of variable called <name>
p * <name> Print what is pointed to by <name>
p/x < name> Print value of <name> in hex format

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