Debugging with GDB

Step through C programs, inspect variables and find crashes.

Easy

gcc -g -O0 app.c -o app
gdb ./app
(gdb) break main
(gdb) run
(gdb) next / step / print x / backtrace

With OpenOCD or a J-Link, GDB debugs microcontrollers too.

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