Debugger Command Comparison
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Prism Equivalents for Common GDB and dbx Commands
The following tables list approximately equivalent Prism commands for some common dbx and GNU Debugging (GDB) commands.
TABLE B-1 Breakpoint and Watchpoint Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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break line
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stop at line
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stop at line
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break func
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stop in func
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stop in func
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break *addr
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stopi at addr
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stopi {addr}
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break ... if expr
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stop ... -if expr
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stop ... if expr
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cond n
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stop ... -if expr
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stop ... if expr
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watch expr
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stop expr
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stop expr
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info break
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status
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status
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info watch
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status
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status
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clear fun
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delete n
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delete n
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delete
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delete all
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delete all
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disable n
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handler -disable n
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disable n
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enable n
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handler -enable n
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enable n
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ignore n cnt
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handler -count n cnt
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ignore
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commands n
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when ... { cmds; }
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when ... { cmds; }
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TABLE B-2 Program Stack Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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backtrace n
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where n
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where n
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info reg reg
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print $reg
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print $reg
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TABLE B-3 Execution Control Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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finish
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step up
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stepout
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signal num
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cont sig num
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cont num
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set var=expr
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assign var=expr
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assign var=expr
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TABLE B-4 Display Address Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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x/fmt addr
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x addr/fmt
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addr/[mode]
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disassem addr
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dis addr
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addr/i
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TABLE B-5 Shell Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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shell cmd
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sh cmd
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sh cmd
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TABLE B-6 Signal Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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handle sig
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stop sig sig
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catch sig
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TABLE B-7 Debugging Target Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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attach pid
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debug - pid
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attach pid
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attach pid
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debug a.out pid
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attach pid
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exec file
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debug file
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load file
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core file
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debug a.out corefile
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load a.out; core corefile
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TABLE B-8 Debugger Environment Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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dir name
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pathmap name
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use name
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show dir
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pathmap
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use
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TABLE B-9 Source File Commands
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GDB
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dbx
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Prism
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forw regexp
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search regexp
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/regexp
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rev regexp
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bsearch regexp
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?regexp
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