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cgdb is a lightweight curses (terminal-based) interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). In addition to the standard gdb console, cgdb provides a split screen view that displays the source code as it executes. The keyboard interface is modeled after vim, so vim users should feel at home using cgdb.

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How to scroll the gdb window within cgdb?

While using cgdb, how does one scroll through the output visible in the gdb window?
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How to use colors in GDB with TUI or CGDB?

I set a color for the GDB prompt by adding this line to ~/.gdbinit: set prompt \033[0;32m(gdb) \033[0m This works fine in GDB, until I open the TUI. It then discards the colors and shows the raw color codes. The same thing happens if I use…
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python exception No module named gdb:

I've just compiled gdb 7.8 from source in my home directory on a server machine running linux. I had previously been using gdb 7.6, and aside from stability issues with gdb itself (the reason for the upgrade) everything worked fine. Since the…
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Execute to Line in GDB

I can execute up to a specific line in GDB by placing a breakpoint there and then pressing c to continue execution. b ; insert breakpoint c ; run up to the breakpoint del ; remove breakpoint Is there a command to…
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How to make cgdb show assembly code?

I can't find a way for cgdb to disassemble a binary and show the assembly code with the current instruction in the code window. Is this possible and what command should I use? I'm using Mac OS X and got cgdb from the homebrew repository.
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SIGABRT in malloc.c, what just happened?

I wrote this innocent piece of code, and results in such an evil error: static char * prefixed( char * pref, char *str ) { size_t newalloc_size = sizeof(char) * (strlen(pref) + strlen(str)); char * result = (char*) malloc( newalloc_size ); …
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gdb log file format

When I use set logging on in gdb, the output to the log file has a different format than what I see on the terminal screen. The logfile is not very readable. How can I get the log file in a readable format? Output to screen is fine: (gdb) p foo $1 =…
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GDB step (in) isn't working for std::string

Using GDB (CGDB) I can step into the code of C++ standard library containers such as std::vector or std::set, but not std::string. Does anyone know why? Can I somehow enable this? I am using Ubuntu 20.04. #include #include #include…
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Jump to current line being executed in cgdb

Is it possible to jump to current line being executed in the Source Window of cgdb? It would be great to have a command or a shortcut to do this, especially after browsing files in the File Dialog mode for a long time.
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List all Processes & Threads under processes from Linux core dump using gdb

I am developing a scripting tool for gdb/linux core dump, where if I point script to core bump , it lists all stack traces of all threads under process i.e, what I am trying to achieve is pretty much gdb equivalent of windbg's !process 0 which…
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gdb - execute current line without moving on

This has probably been asked elsewhere, but was a bit of a tricky one to google. I am debugging some code like the following in gdb (or cgdb more specifically): if(something) { string a = stringMaker(); string b = stringMaker(); } As I step…
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Process crashed in debugger; how do I kill it

I've got a C++ application which connects over a USB serial link to a microprocessor, (similar to an Arduino). I use termios.h as my serial wrapper. I'm debugging using cgdb on Mac OS X 10.7.3. When I: cgdb build/my-process Set some breakpoints,…
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How do I properly enable ANSI escape sequences in cgdb?

I am using CGDB version 0.6.7 (latest available from apt) on WSL2. Colors are showing properly in the code window, but I see sequences like [34m in the lower window. See the screenshot below: The only way I have found to get rid of these is by…
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debug docker deamon with gdb or cgdb

I have been trying to debug and step into docker daemon code using gdb or cgdb on a Ubuntu 14.04 container running on host OS (ubuntu 14.04 OS). I have used -O0 -g flags while building the debug binaries within a container. Version of go used in…
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Debugging with cgdb -- want to debug only my code

I am using standard template libraries along with boost. I want to debug code using cgdb. But I just want to debug my code while doing next and step in cgdb, like right now it enters the code in other libraries whereas I want it should just return…
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