Summary of GDB commands for IA32 Systems

  Command                  Effect

Starting:
  gdb
  gdb <file>

Running and stopping

  quit                      Exit gdb
  run                       Run program
  run 1 2 3                 Run program with command-line arguments 1 2 3
  kill			    Stop the program
  quit			    Exit gdb
  Ctrl-d		    Exit gdb
  	Note: Ctrl-C does not exit from gdb, but halts the current
  	gdb command

Breakpoints

  break sum                 Set breakpoint at the entry to function sum
  break *0x40046b	    Set breakpoint at address 0x40046b
  disable 1		    Disable the breakpoint 1
			       (gdb numbers each breakpoint you create)
  enable 1		    Enable breakpoint 1
  delete 1                  Delete breakpoint 1
  delete                    Delete all breakpoints
  clear sum		    Clear any breakpoints at the entry to function sum


Execution

  stepi                     Execute one instruction
  stepi 4                   Execute four instructions
  nexti                     Like stepi, but proceed
			    through function calls without stopping
  step                      Execute one C statement
  continue                  Resume execution until the next breakpoint
  until 3                   Continue executing until program hits breakpoint 3
  finish                    Resume execution until current function returns
  call sum(1, 2)            Call sum(1,2) and print return value

Examining code

  disas                     Disassemble current function
  disas sum                 Disassemble function sum
  disas 0x8048335           Disassemble function around 0x8048335
  disas 0x8048335 0x8048343 Disassemble code within specified address range

  print /x $eip             Print program counter in hex
  print /d $eip             Print program counter in decimal
  print /t $eip             Print program counter in binary


Examining data

  print /d $eax             Print contents of %eax in decimal
  print /x $eax             Print contents of %eax in hex
  print /t $eax             Print contents of %eax in binary
  print 0x100               Print decimal representation of 0x100
  print /x 555              Print hex representation of 555
  print /x ($esp+8)         Print (contents of %esp) + 8 in hex
  print *(int *) 0xffffcca8 Print integer at address 0xffffcca8
  print *(int *) ($esp+8)   Print integer at address %esp + 8
  print (char *) 0xbfff890  Examine a string stored at 0xffffcca8

  x/w   0xffffcca8          Examine (4-byte) word starting at address
			    0xffffcca8
  x/w   $esp                Examine (4-byte) word starting at address in $esp
  x/wd  $esp                Examine (4-byte) word starting at address in $esp.
			    Print in decimal
  x/2w  $esp                Examine two (4-byte) words starting at address
			    in $esp
  x/2wd $esp                Examine two (4-byte) words starting at address
			    in $esp. Print in decimal
  x/g   $esp                Examine (8-byte) word starting at address in $esp.
  x/gd  $esp                Examine (8-byte) word starting at address in $esp.
			    Print in decimal
  x/a   $esp                Examine address in $esp. Print as offset from
			    previous global symbol.
  x/s   0xffffcca8          Examine a string stored at 0xffffcca8
  x/20b sum                 Examine first 20 opcode bytes of function sum
  x/10i sum                 Examine first 10 instructions of function sum

  (Note: the format string for the `x' command has the general form 
     x/[NUM][SIZE][FORMAT] where
 
    NUM  = number of objects to display
    SIZE = size of each object (b=byte, h=half-word, w=word,
	                        g=giant (quad-word))
    FORMAT = how to display each object (d=decimal, x=hex, o=octal, etc.)

    If you don't specify SIZE or FORMAT, either a default value, or the last
    value you specified in a previous `print' or `x' command is used.
  )

Useful information

  backtrace		    Print the current address and stack backtrace
  where			    Print the current address and stack backtrace

  info program		    Print current status of the program)
  info functions	    Print functions in program
  info stack		    Print backtrace of the stack)
  info frame		    Print information about the current stack frame
  info registers	    Print registers and their contents
  info breakpoints	    Print status of user-settable breakpoints

  display /FMT EXPR         Print expression EXPR using format FMT
			    every time GDB stops
  undisplay                 Turn off display mode
  help                      Get information about gdb