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q0987

Reputation: 35982

gdb print char* as string characters

char* buf;
...

(gdb) x/s buf
0x7fffef8f5f80: "35=DC\001\064\071=ABCD\001"

(gdb) x/12cb buf
0x7fffef8f5f80: 51 '3'  53 '5'  61 '='  65 'D'  66 'C'  1 '\001'        52 '4'  57 '9'
0x7fffef8f5f88: 61 '='  83 'A'  80 'B'  88 'C'  84 'D'  1 '\001'

Question> How can I enable gdb to print the buf as the following:

"35=DC\00149=ABCD\001"?

Thank you

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3659

Answers (1)

Tom Tromey
Tom Tromey

Reputation: 22549

Question> How can I enable gdb to print the buf as the following:

There is no way to do this right now. You could file a gdb bug report if you like.

What is going on here is that gdb's string-printing function has a special case to escape a digit when it follows a character that was emitted as an escape sequence. That is why you see \064 and not 4.

Upvotes: 3

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