GDB Pocket Reference

Group Listing of GDB Commands

This section summarizes the GDB commands by task. Esoteric commands, such as those used by GDB’s maintainers, or to cross-debug remote systems connected via serial port or a network, have been omitted.

Aliases for Other Commands

Alias	Short for ...	Alias	Short for ...
bt	backtrace	i	info
c	continue	l	list
cont	continue	n	next
d	delete	ni	nexti
dir	directory	p	print
dis	disable	po	print-object
do	down	r	run
e	edit	s	step
f	frame	share	sharedlibrary
fo	forward-search	si	stepi
gcore	generate-core-file	u	until
h	help	where	backtrace

Breakpoints

awatch	Set an expression watchpoint.
break	Set a breakpoint at a line or function.
catch	Set a catchpoint to catch an event.
clear	Clear a given breakpoint.
commands	Specify commands to run when a breakpoint is reached.
condition	Supply a condition to a particular breakpoint.
delete	Delete one or more breakpoints or auto-display expressions.
disable	Disable one or more breakpoints.
enable	Enable one or more breakpoints.
hbreak	Set a hardware-assisted breakpoint.
ignore	Set the ignore-count of a particular breakpoint.
rbreak	Set a breakpoint for all functions matching a regular expression.
rwatch	Set a read watchpoint for an expression.
tbreak	Set a temporary breakpoint.
tcatch	Set a temporary catchpoint.
thbreak	Set a temporary hardware-assisted breakpoint.
watch	Set an expression watchpoint.

Examining Data

call	Call a function in the program.
delete display	Cancel one or more expressions that have been set to display when the program stops.
delete mem	Delete a memory region.
disable display	Disable one or more ...