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To: Jonathan Shan <jonshan@winlab.rutgers.edu>
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Subject: Re: loops
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Jonathan Shan <jonshan@winlab.rutgers.edu> writes:
> How do I "skip over" some iterations of a loop?
> I don't want to press 'continue' 50000 times.

You can set an "ignore count" on a breakpoint.  See the below, and
search for "ignore".

http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_6.html#SEC38