Jan 24, 2013 · The second argument is $0x8049988, which is presumably the address of a string. If you want to print the contents of the address as a string, you can do that with x/s:

c - char s - string i - instruction The following size modifiers are supported: b - byte h - halfword (16-bit value) w - word (32-bit value) g - giant word (64-bit value) Length Specifies the number …

Output Formats (Debugging with GDB)By default, GDB prints a value according to its data type. Sometimes this is not what you want. For example, you might want to print a number in hex, or …

Print as an address, both absolute in hexadecimal and as an offset from the nearest preceding symbol. You can use this format used to discover where (in what function) an unknown …

May 9, 2017 · If you want the memory address of variable c, p&c would get the addre ss. What makes you think that 0x00000000004004 is memory address oc c? That address looks more …

If you have a pointer and you are not sure where it points, try `set print symbol-filename on'. Then you can determine the name and source file location of the variable where it points, using `p/a …

print Expression — Evaluate Expression and print the value. printf "format", var1, var2,… — Display the values of var1, var2,…. The "format" string follows the same rules as the printf in …

Within GDB and this document, the term addressable memory unit (or memory unit for short) is used when explicitly referring to a chunk of data of that size. The word byte is used to refer to …