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Re: executing shell commands at gdb prompt

From: "M R Swami Reddy" <MR dot Swami dot Reddy at nsc dot com>
To: "ranjith kumar" <ranjithproxy at gmail dot com>
Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:53:52 +0530
Subject: Re: executing shell commands at gdb prompt
References: <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

References:
- executing shell commands at gdb prompt
  - From: ranjith kumar

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