Oct 24, 2008 · I want to print the full length of a C-string in GDB. By default it's being abbreviated, how do I force GDB to print the whole string?

Dec 8, 2025 · Debugging C/C++ programs often involves inspecting string variables to diagnose issues like incorrect formatting, truncation, or unexpected data. The GNU Debugger (GDB) is …

Output Formats (Debugging with GDB)By default, GDB prints a value according to its data type. Sometimes this is not what you want. For example, you might want to print a number in hex, or …

Format If specified, allows overriding the output format used by the command. Valid format specifiers are: o - octal x - hexadecimal u - unsigned decimal t - binary f - floating point a - …

May 10, 2021 · Run set print elements 0. When the last number is a positive integer, it denotes the number of elements in an array (in this case, a char array since our target is a string) that …

(gdb) show print elements Limit on string chars or array elements to printis200 You can see that the default will only print200Characters. This can be verified by the previous example.

Jun 9, 2009 · In GDB generally to print the value of the variable ,we use print or just p . But for the strings or arrays of large size , it wont print whole string or array.

Feb 12, 2010 · (gdb) p l l=0x9aa1f48 "up2 129104596496602200 19 0 0 3 0 eth1 XX :001CB",'0' <repeats 12 times>, "DC" Is there a setting to have p print the whole string and not fill inn the …