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<a name="Command-Syntax"></a>
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Next: <a href="Completion.html#Completion" accesskey="n" rel="next">Completion</a>, Up: <a href="Commands.html#Commands" accesskey="u" rel="up">Commands</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<a name="Command-Syntax-1"></a>
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<h3 class="section">3.1 Command Syntax</h3>
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<p>A <small>GDB</small> command is a single line of input. There is no limit on
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how long it can be. It starts with a command name, which is followed by
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arguments whose meaning depends on the command name. For example, the
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command <code>step</code> accepts an argument which is the number of times to
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step, as in ‘<samp>step 5</samp>’. You can also use the <code>step</code> command
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with no arguments. Some commands do not allow any arguments.
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<a name="index-abbreviation"></a>
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<p><small>GDB</small> command names may always be truncated if that abbreviation is
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unambiguous. Other possible command abbreviations are listed in the
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documentation for individual commands. In some cases, even ambiguous
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abbreviations are allowed; for example, <code>s</code> is specially defined as
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equivalent to <code>step</code> even though there are other commands whose
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names start with <code>s</code>. You can test abbreviations by using them as
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arguments to the <code>help</code> command.
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<p>A blank line as input to <small>GDB</small> (typing just <tt class="key">RET</tt>) means to
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repeat the previous command. Certain commands (for example, <code>run</code>)
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will not repeat this way; these are commands whose unintentional
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repetition might cause trouble and which you are unlikely to want to
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repeat. User-defined commands can disable this feature; see
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<a href="Define.html#Define">dont-repeat</a>.
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<p>The <code>list</code> and <code>x</code> commands, when you repeat them with
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<tt class="key">RET</tt>, construct new arguments rather than repeating
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exactly as typed. This permits easy scanning of source or memory.
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<p><small>GDB</small> can also use <tt class="key">RET</tt> in another way: to partition lengthy
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output, in a way similar to the common utility <code>more</code>
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(see <a href="Screen-Size.html#Screen-Size">Screen Size</a>). Since it is easy to press one
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<tt class="key">RET</tt> too many in this situation, <small>GDB</small> disables command
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repetition after any command that generates this sort of display.
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Next: <a href="Completion.html#Completion" accesskey="n" rel="next">Completion</a>, Up: <a href="Commands.html#Commands" accesskey="u" rel="up">Commands</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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