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:

You can use ‘ set print address off ’ to eliminate all machine dependent displays from the GDB interface. For example, with print address off, you should get the same text for backtraces on all …

Feb 24, 2018 · Hey, just found a command for gdb that prints a string from memory address. Looks like this x /s <addr>. Very useful if you need to print out the string that is in memory somewhere. …

Format If specified, allows overriding the output format used by the command. Valid format specifiers are: o - octal x - hexadecimal u - unsigned decimal t - binary f - floating point a - address c - char s - …

If that symbol does not uniquely identify the address (for example, it is a name whose scope is a single source file), you may need to clarify. One way to do this is with info line, for example `info line …

Deletes break point number n. clear function_name Deletes the breakpoint set in that function. print var Prints a variable located in the current scope. x address Prints the content at address: (gdb) print …

You can use ` set print address off ' to eliminate all machine dependent displays from the gdb interface. For example, with print address off, you should get the same text for backtraces on all …

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 a …