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To print lines from a source file, use the list command abbreviated l. The gnu sourcelevel debugger by stallman, richard, pesch, roland, shebs, stan isbn. The gnu project debugger gdb maintainers contributing current git documentation mailing lists gdb documentation printed manuals the gnu press has printed versions of most manuals, including debugging with gdb available. The gnu debugger program has four special features that helps you catch bugs in the act. Mar 24, 2006 the gnu debugger allows you to see what is going on inside a program while it executes or what a program was doing at the moment it crashed. Gdb is a source level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred.
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