GDB command line syntax

The GNU Debugger (GDB) is launched from the command prompt, and can be configured using command line flags.

Many of the properties that can be set up at the command prompt are more easily configured from the GDB command prompt or using the GDB initialisation file. This section lists only a small subset of the possible command line arguments — do gdb --help to get a complete syntax listing.

• GDB configuration file syntax, GDB stub command line syntax

The command line syntax is:

gdb Argument

Where Argument is one or more of the flags given in the table below.