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  65. <h3 class="section">2.3 Shell Commands</h3>
  66. <p>If you need to execute occasional shell commands during your
  67. debugging session, there is no need to leave or suspend <small>GDB</small>; you can
  68. just use the <code>shell</code> command.
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  70. <dl compact="compact">
  71. <dd><a name="index-shell"></a>
  72. <a name="index-_0021"></a>
  73. <a name="index-shell-escape"></a>
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  75. <dt><code>shell <var>command-string</var></code></dt>
  76. <dt><code>!<var>command-string</var></code></dt>
  77. <dd><p>Invoke a standard shell to execute <var>command-string</var>.
  78. Note that no space is needed between <code>!</code> and <var>command-string</var>.
  79. On GNU and Unix systems, the environment variable <code>SHELL</code>, if it
  80. exists, determines which shell to run. Otherwise <small>GDB</small> uses
  81. the default shell (<samp>/bin/sh</samp> on GNU and Unix systems,
  82. <samp>cmd.exe</samp> on MS-Windows, <samp>COMMAND.COM</samp> on MS-DOS, etc.).
  83. </p></dd>
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  85. <p>The utility <code>make</code> is often needed in development environments.
  86. You do not have to use the <code>shell</code> command for this purpose in
  87. <small>GDB</small>:
  88. </p>
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  90. <dd><a name="index-make"></a>
  91. <a name="index-calling-make"></a>
  92. </dd>
  93. <dt><code>make <var>make-args</var></code></dt>
  94. <dd><p>Execute the <code>make</code> program with the specified
  95. arguments. This is equivalent to &lsquo;<samp>shell make <var>make-args</var></samp>&rsquo;.
  96. </p></dd>
  97. </dl>
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  99. <dd><a name="index-pipe"></a>
  100. <a name="index-_007c"></a>
  101. <a name="index-send-the-output-of-a-gdb-command-to-a-shell-command"></a>
  102. <a name="pipe"></a></dd>
  103. <dt><code>pipe [<var>command</var>] | <var>shell_command</var></code></dt>
  104. <dt><code>| [<var>command</var>] | <var>shell_command</var></code></dt>
  105. <dt><code>pipe -d <var>delim</var> <var>command</var> <var>delim</var> <var>shell_command</var></code></dt>
  106. <dt><code>| -d <var>delim</var> <var>command</var> <var>delim</var> <var>shell_command</var></code></dt>
  107. <dd><p>Executes <var>command</var> and sends its output to <var>shell_command</var>.
  108. Note that no space is needed around <code>|</code>.
  109. If no <var>command</var> is provided, the last command executed is repeated.
  110. </p>
  111. <p>In case the <var>command</var> contains a <code>|</code>, the option <code>-d <var>delim</var></code>
  112. can be used to specify an alternate delimiter string <var>delim</var> that separates
  113. the <var>command</var> from the <var>shell_command</var>.
  114. </p>
  115. <p>Example:
  116. </p><div class="smallexample">
  117. <pre class="smallexample">(gdb) p var
  118. $1 = {
  119. black = 144,
  120. red = 233,
  121. green = 377,
  122. blue = 610,
  123. white = 987
  124. }
  125. </pre><pre class="smallexample">(gdb) pipe p var|wc
  126. 7 19 80
  127. (gdb) |p var|wc -l
  128. 7
  129. </pre><pre class="smallexample">(gdb) p /x var
  130. $4 = {
  131. black = 0x90,
  132. red = 0xe9,
  133. green = 0x179,
  134. blue = 0x262,
  135. white = 0x3db
  136. }
  137. (gdb) ||grep red
  138. red =&gt; 0xe9,
  139. </pre><pre class="smallexample">(gdb) | -d ! echo this contains a | char\n ! sed -e 's/|/PIPE/'
  140. this contains a PIPE char
  141. (gdb) | -d xxx echo this contains a | char!\n xxx sed -e 's/|/PIPE/'
  142. this contains a PIPE char!
  143. (gdb)
  144. </pre></div>
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  147. <p>The convenience variables <code>$_shell_exitcode</code> and <code>$_shell_exitsignal</code>
  148. can be used to examine the exit status of the last shell command launched
  149. by <code>shell</code>, <code>make</code>, <code>pipe</code> and <code>|</code>.
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