How to read and execute GDB commands from a file?

Question

I run GDB on object file (e.g exeFile) and I want to examine it according to several commands . How can I execute these commands according to lines in a file (instead input these each GDN running) ?

For example - I want to set break in -

break *0x8048e19
break *0x8048e32
break *0x8048e6f
break *0x8048e90

so I want to save them in a file and then tell the GDB execute them from this file.

Slightly more generic: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10748501/automating-gdb-sessions — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Jun 13 '15 at 11:35

score 72 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '13 at 00:51

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write the commands in a file and execute gdb with -x switch

gdb -x command_file_name

or run the gdb source command while gdb is running if you dont want to specify a command file from command line

>source [-s] [-v] command_file_name

answered Jan 09 '13 at 00:51

Kanwar Saad

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How do I write it bindding with the object file( `exeFile`) ? – URL87 Jan 09 '13 at 01:00
you can load object file using as one of the command in commands file. – Kanwar Saad Jan 09 '13 at 01:12
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Here's the official documentation on these GDB "command files": https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Command-Files.html. – Gabriel Staples Aug 14 '20 at 03:45

How to read and execute GDB commands from a file?

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