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GDB to LLDB command map
=======================
Below is a table of GDB commands with the LLDB counterparts. The built in
GDB-compatibility aliases in LLDB are also listed. The full lldb command names
are often long, but any unique short form can be used. Instead of "**breakpoint
set**", "**br se**" is also acceptable.
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Execution Commands
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process no arguments.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> run
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> r
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> r
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments <code>&lt;args&gt;</code>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> run &lt;args&gt;
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> r &lt;args&gt;
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch -- &lt;args&gt;
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run &lt;args&gt;
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> r &lt;args&gt;
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process for with arguments <b><code>a.out 1 2 3</code></b> without having to supply the args every time.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>%</b> gdb --args a.out 1 2 3
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>%</b> lldb -- a.out 1 2 3
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Or:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set args 1 2 3
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings set target.run-args 1 2 3
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> run
<br> ...
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments in new terminal window (macOS only).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch --tty -- &lt;args&gt;
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> pro la -t -- &lt;args&gt;
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Launch a process with arguments in existing terminal
<cope>/dev/ttys006 (macOS only).</cope>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch --tty=/dev/ttys006 -- &lt;args&gt;
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> pro la -t/dev/ttys006 -- &lt;args&gt;
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set environment variables for process before launching.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set env DEBUG 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings set target.env-vars DEBUG=1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> set se target.env-vars DEBUG=1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> env DEBUG=1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Unset environment variables for process before launching.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> unset env DEBUG
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings remove target.env-vars DEBUG
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> set rem target.env-vars DEBUG
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the arguments that will be or were passed to the program when run.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> show args
<br> Argument list to give program being debugged when it is started is "1 2 3".
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings show target.run-args
<br> target.run-args (array of strings) =
<br> [0]: "1"
<br> [1]: "2"
<br> [2]: "3"
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set environment variables for process and launch process in one command.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch -v DEBUG=1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a process with process ID 123.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> attach 123
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process attach --pid 123
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> attach -p 123
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a process named "a.out".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> attach a.out
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process attach --name a.out
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> pro at -n a.out
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Wait for a process named "a.out" to launch and attach.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> attach -waitfor a.out
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> process attach --name a.out --waitfor
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> pro at -n a.out -w
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a remote gdb protocol server running on system "eorgadd", port 8000.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> target remote eorgadd:8000
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> gdb-remote eorgadd:8000
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a remote gdb protocol server running on the local system, port 8000.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> target remote localhost:8000
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> gdb-remote 8000
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Attach to a Darwin kernel in kdp mode on system "eorgadd".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> kdp-reattach eorgadd
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> kdp-remote eorgadd
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Do a source level single step in the currently selected thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> step
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> s
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread step-in
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> step
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> s
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Do a source level single step over in the currently selected thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> next
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> n
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread step-over
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> next
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> n
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Do an instruction level single step in the currently selected thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> stepi
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> si
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread step-inst
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> si
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Do an instruction level single step over in the currently selected thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> nexti
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> ni
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread step-inst-over
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ni
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Step out of the currently selected frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> finish
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread step-out
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> finish
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Return immediately from the currently selected frame, with an optional return value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> return &lt;RETURN EXPRESSION&gt;
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread return &lt;RETURN EXPRESSION&gt;
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Backtrace and disassemble every time you stop.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add
<br> Enter your stop hook command(s). Type 'DONE' to end.
<br> &gt; bt
<br> &gt; disassemble --pc
<br> &gt; DONE
<br> Stop hook #1 added.
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Run until we hit line <b>12</b> or control leaves the current function.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> until 12
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread until 12
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Breakpoint Commands
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all functions named <b>main</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break main
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --name main
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -n main
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> b main
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint in file <b>test.c</b> at line <b>12</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break test.c:12
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --file test.c --line 12
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -f test.c -l 12
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> b test.c:12
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all C++ methods whose basename is <b>main</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break main
<br>
<i>(Hope that there are no C functions named <b>main</b>)</i>.
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --method main
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -M main
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at and object C function: <b>-[NSString stringWithFormat:]</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break -[NSString stringWithFormat:]
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --name "-[NSString stringWithFormat:]"
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> b -[NSString stringWithFormat:]
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint at all Objective-C methods whose selector is <b>count</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break count
<br>
<i>(Hope that there are no C or C++ functions named <b>count</b>)</i>.
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --selector count
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -S count
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint by regular expression on function name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> rbreak regular-expression
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --func-regex regular-expression
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -r regular-expression
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Ensure that breakpoints by file and line work for #included .c/.cpp/.m files.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> b foo.c:12
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings set target.inline-breakpoint-strategy always
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -f foo.c -l 12
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a breakpoint by regular expression on source file contents.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> shell grep -e -n pattern source-file
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> break source-file:CopyLineNumbers
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --source-pattern regular-expression --file SourceFile
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -p regular-expression -f file
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a conditional breakpoint</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> break foo if strcmp(y,"hello") == 0
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint set --name foo --condition '(int)strcmp(y,"hello") == 0'
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br s -n foo -c '(int)strcmp(y,"hello") == 0'
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">List all breakpoints.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info break
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint list
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br l
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Delete a breakpoint.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> delete 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint delete 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br del 1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disable a breakpoint.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> disable 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint disable 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br dis 1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Enable a breakpoint.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> enable 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> breakpoint enable 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> br en 1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Watchpoint Commands
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a watchpoint on a variable when it is written to.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> watch global_var
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> watchpoint set variable global_var
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> wa s v global_var
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a watchpoint on a memory location when it is written into. The size of the region to watch for defaults to the pointer size if no '-x byte_size' is specified. This command takes raw input, evaluated as an expression returning an unsigned integer pointing to the start of the region, after the '--' option terminator.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> watch -location g_char_ptr
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> watchpoint set expression -- my_ptr
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> wa s e -- my_ptr
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Set a condition on a watchpoint.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> watch set var global
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> watchpoint modify -c '(global==5)'
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> c
<br> ...
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> bt
<br> * thread #1: tid = 0x1c03, 0x0000000100000ef5 a.out`modify + 21 at main.cpp:16, stop reason = watchpoint 1
<br> frame #0: 0x0000000100000ef5 a.out`modify + 21 at main.cpp:16
<br> frame #1: 0x0000000100000eac a.out`main + 108 at main.cpp:25
<br> frame #2: 0x00007fff8ac9c7e1 libdyld.dylib`start + 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> frame var global
<br> (int32_t) global = 5
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">List all watchpoints.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info break
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> watchpoint list
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> watch l
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Delete a watchpoint.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> delete 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> watchpoint delete 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> watch del 1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Examining Variables
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the arguments and local variables for the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info args
<br> and
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> info locals
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame variable
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr v
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the local variables for the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info locals
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame variable --no-args
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr v -a
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the contents of local variable "bar".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p bar
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame variable bar
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr v bar
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> p bar
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the contents of local variable "bar" formatted as hex.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p/x bar
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame variable --format x bar
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr v -f x bar
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the contents of global variable "baz".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p baz
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target variable baz
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ta v baz
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the global/static variables defined in the current source file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
n/a
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target variable
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ta v
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Display the variables "argc" and "argv" every time you stop.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> display argc
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> display argv
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --one-liner "frame variable argc argv"
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ta st a -o "fr v argc argv"
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> display argc
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> display argv
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Display the variables "argc" and "argv" only when you stop in the function named <b>main</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --name main --one-liner "frame variable argc argv"
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ta st a -n main -o "fr v argc argv"
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Display the variable "*this" only when you stop in c class named <b>MyClass</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> target stop-hook add --classname MyClass --one-liner "frame variable *this"
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ta st a -c MyClass -o "fr v *this"
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Print an array of integers in memory, assuming we have a pointer like "int *ptr".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p *ptr@10
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> parray 10 ptr
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Evaluating Expressions
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Evaluating a generalized expression in the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> print (int) printf ("Print nine: %d.", 4 + 5)
<br> or if you don't want to see void returns:
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> call (int) printf ("Print nine: %d.", 4 + 5)
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> expr (int) printf ("Print nine: %d.", 4 + 5)
<br> or using the print alias:
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> print (int) printf ("Print nine: %d.", 4 + 5)
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Creating and assigning a value to a convenience variable.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set $foo = 5
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> set variable $foo = 5
<br> or using the print command
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> print $foo = 5
<br> or using the call command
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> call $foo = 5
<br> and if you want to specify the type of the variable:
<b>(gdb)</b> set $foo = (unsigned int) 5
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
In lldb you evaluate a variable declaration expression as you would write it in C:
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> expr unsigned int $foo = 5
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Printing the ObjC "description" of an object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> po [SomeClass returnAnObject]
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> expr -o -- [SomeClass returnAnObject]
<br> or using the po alias:
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> po [SomeClass returnAnObject]
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Print the dynamic type of the result of an expression.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set print object 1
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> p someCPPObjectPtrOrReference
<br> only works for C++ objects.
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> expr -d 1 -- [SomeClass returnAnObject]
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> expr -d 1 -- someCPPObjectPtrOrReference
<br> or set dynamic type printing to be the default:
<b>(lldb)</b> settings set target.prefer-dynamic run-target
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Calling a function so you can stop at a breakpoint in the function.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set unwindonsignal 0
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> p function_with_a_breakpoint()
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> expr -i 0 -- function_with_a_breakpoint()
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Calling a function that crashes, and stopping when the function crashes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set unwindonsignal 0
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> p function_which_crashes()
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> expr -u 0 -- function_which_crashes()
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Examining Thread State
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">List the threads in your program.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info threads
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread list
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Select thread 1 as the default thread for subsequent commands.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> thread 1
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread select 1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> t 1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the stack backtrace for the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> bt
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread backtrace
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> bt
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the stack backtraces for all threads.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> thread apply all bt
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread backtrace all
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> bt all
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Backtrace the first five frames of the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> bt 5
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> thread backtrace -c 5
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> bt 5 (<i>lldb-169 and later</i>)
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> bt -c 5 (<i>lldb-168 and earlier</i>)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Select a different stack frame by index for the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> frame 12
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame select 12
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr s 12
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> f 12
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">List information about the currently selected frame in the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame info
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Select the stack frame that called the current stack frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> up
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> up
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative=1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Select the stack frame that is called by the current stack frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> down
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> down
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative=-1
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr s -r-1
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Select a different stack frame using a relative offset.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> up 2
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> down 3
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative 2
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr s -r2
<br>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> frame select --relative -3
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> fr s -r-3
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the general purpose registers for the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info registers
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register read
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Write a new decimal value '123' to the current thread register 'rax'.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p $rax = 123
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register write rax 123
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Skip 8 bytes ahead of the current program counter (instruction pointer). Note that we use backticks to evaluate an expression and insert the scalar result in LLDB.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> jump *$pc+8
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register write pc `$pc+8`
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the general purpose registers for the current thread formatted as <b>signed decimal</b>. LLDB tries to use the same format characters as <b>printf(3)</b> when possible. Type "help format" to see the full list of format specifiers.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register read --format i
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> re r -f i
<br>
<br>
<i>LLDB now supports the GDB shorthand format syntax but there can't be space after the command:</i>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> register read/d
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show all registers in all register sets for the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info all-registers
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register read --all
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> re r -a
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the values for the registers named "rax", "rsp" and "rbp" in the current thread.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info all-registers rax rsp rbp
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register read rax rsp rbp
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show the values for the register named "rax" in the current thread formatted as <b>binary</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> p/t $rax
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> register read --format binary rax
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> re r -f b rax
<br>
<br>
<i>LLDB now supports the GDB shorthand format syntax but there can't be space after the command:</i>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> register read/t rax
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> p/t $rax
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Read memory from address 0xbffff3c0 and show 4 hex uint32_t values.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> x/4xw 0xbffff3c0
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read --size 4 --format x --count 4 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> me r -s4 -fx -c4 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> x -s4 -fx -c4 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<br>
<i>LLDB now supports the GDB shorthand format syntax but there can't be space after the command:</i>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read/4xw 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> x/4xw 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read --gdb-format 4xw 0xbffff3c0
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Read memory starting at the expression "argv[0]".</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> x argv[0]
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read `argv[0]`
<br>
<i><b>NOTE:</b> any command can inline a scalar expression result (as long as the target is stopped) using backticks around any expression:</i>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read --size `sizeof(int)` `argv[0]`
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Read 512 bytes of memory from address 0xbffff3c0 and save results to a local file as <b>text</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set logging on
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> set logging file /tmp/mem.txt
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> x/512bx 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(gdb)</b> set logging off
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read --outfile /tmp/mem.txt --count 512 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> me r -o/tmp/mem.txt -c512 0xbffff3c0
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> x/512bx -o/tmp/mem.txt 0xbffff3c0
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Save binary memory data starting at 0x1000 and ending at 0x2000 to a file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> dump memory /tmp/mem.bin 0x1000 0x2000
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> memory read --outfile /tmp/mem.bin --binary 0x1000 0x2000
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> me r -o /tmp/mem.bin -b 0x1000 0x2000
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Get information about a specific heap allocation (available on macOS only).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info malloc 0x10010d680
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> command script import lldb.macosx.heap
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> process launch --environment MallocStackLogging=1 -- [ARGS]
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> malloc_info --stack-history 0x10010d680
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Get information about a specific heap allocation and cast the result to any dynamic type that can be deduced (available on macOS only)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> command script import lldb.macosx.heap
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> malloc_info --type 0x10010d680
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Find all heap blocks that contain a pointer specified by an expression EXPR (available on macOS only).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> command script import lldb.macosx.heap
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> ptr_refs EXPR
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Find all heap blocks that contain a C string anywhere in the block (available on macOS only).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> command script import lldb.macosx.heap
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> cstr_refs CSTRING
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current function for the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> disassemble
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -f
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble any functions named <b>main</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> disassemble main
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --name main
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -n main
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble an address range.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> disassemble 0x1eb8 0x1ec3
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --start-address 0x1eb8 --end-address 0x1ec3
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -s 0x1eb8 -e 0x1ec3
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble 20 instructions from a given address.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> x/20i 0x1eb8
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --start-address 0x1eb8 --count 20
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -s 0x1eb8 -c 20
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Show mixed source and disassembly for the current function for the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
n/a
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame --mixed
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -f -m
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current function for the current frame and show the opcode bytes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
n/a
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --frame --bytes
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -f -b
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Disassemble the current source line for the current frame.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
n/a
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> disassemble --line
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> di -l
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Executable and Shared Library Query Commands
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">List the main executable and all dependent shared libraries.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info shared
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image list
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Look up information for a raw address in the executable or any shared libraries.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info symbol 0x1ec4
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --address 0x1ec4
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> im loo -a 0x1ec4
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Look up functions matching a regular expression in a binary.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info function &lt;FUNC_REGEX&gt;
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
This one finds debug symbols:
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -r -n &lt;FUNC_REGEX&gt;
<br>
<br> This one finds non-debug symbols:
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -r -s &lt;FUNC_REGEX&gt;
<br>
<br> Provide a list of binaries as arguments to limit the search.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Find full source line information.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> info line 0x1ec4
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
This one is a bit messy at present. Do:
<br>
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup -v --address 0x1ec4
<br>
<br> and look for the LineEntry line, which will have the full source path and line range information.
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Look up information for an address in <b>a.out</b> only.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --address 0x1ec4 a.out
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> im loo -a 0x1ec4 a.out
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Look up information for for a type <code>Point</code> by name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> ptype Point
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image lookup --type Point
<br>
<b>(lldb)</b> im loo -t Point
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all sections from the main executable and any shared libraries.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> maintenance info sections
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image dump sections
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all sections in the <b>a.out</b> module.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image dump sections a.out
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all symbols from the main executable and any shared libraries.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image dump symtab
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Dump all symbols in <b>a.out</b> and <b>liba.so</b>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> image dump symtab a.out liba.so
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Miscellaneous
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<table class="mapping" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="hed" width="50%">GDB</td>
<td class="hed" width="50%">LLDB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Search command help for a keyword.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> apropos keyword
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> apropos keyword
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Echo text to the screen.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> echo Here is some text\n
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> script print "Here is some text"
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Remap source file pathnames for the debug session. If your source files are no longer located in the same location as when the program was built --- maybe the program was built on a different computer --- you need to tell the debugger how to find the sources at their local file path instead of the build system's file path.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> set pathname-substitutions /buildbot/path /my/path
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
<b>(lldb)</b> settings set target.source-map /buildbot/path /my/path
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="header" colspan="2">Supply a catchall directory to search for source files in.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="content">
<b>(gdb)</b> directory /my/path
<br>
</td>
<td class="content">
(<i>No equivalent command - use the source-map instead.</i>)
<br>
</td>
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