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Running Xcode projects in a standalone LLDB session

To debug an Xcode project, we first need the path of the debug build, which we can get by right-clicking on the Products folder in the Project Navigator, and selecting Show in Finder:

Now add that path as the argument to the lldb command (dragging the build from the Finder into the Terminal window is a pretty quick way to do that):

 ~ lldb /Users/.../Build/Products/Debug/5623_18_code.app

Hit return. This will produce something similar to the following output:

(lldb) target create"/Users/.../Build/Products/Debug/5623_18_code.app"Current executable set to '/Users/.../Build/Products/Debug/5623_18_code.app' ...

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