From: "M R Swami Reddy" <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
To: "ranjith kumar" <ranjithproxy@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: executing shell commands at gdb prompt
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:23:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48CF8938.4030208@nsc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31cff80d0809160318m7d6df1dbr89979d4f18c3a77f@mail.gmail.com>
ranjith kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to gdb.
> I want to know is there any way to execute shell commands (like ls, ps
> .......) at gdb command prompt??
>
> Suppose if I want to know list of files in current directory while
> running "gdb", I have to open another shell to know it. Without
> opening it, is it possible to execute "ls " command at gdb command
> prompt??
Yes, you can do it. See below "shell command" in gdb prompt.
==
(gdb) help shell
Execute the rest of the line as a shell command.
With no arguments, run an inferior shell.
(gdb) shell ls
==
Best Regards
Swami
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