shell (gdb mode only)

Execute a shell command.

Syntax

shell string

string

The command to execute.

This command executes a call to the operating system's system function. This function is documented in system(3).

When using the Console window in the GUI, the shell output appears in the shell window that invoked the debugger.

The following examples are based on the command-line debugger, not on the GUI.

(idb) sh uname -s
Linux 
(idb)

To execute more than one command at the shell, spawn a shell and enter commands, as follows:

(idb) shell bash --norc
$ ls out 
out 
$ ls *.b 
recio.b 
stdio.b 
$ exit 
(idb)