Print local variables in GDB

Question

How do I print the local variables in GDB every "next" or "step" command?

Is there a way instead of writing "info locals" every time?

The answer for stackoverflow.com/questions/4362581/… happens to apply here also, with a trivial adjustment — Michael Veksler
– Michael Veksler, Commented Aug 30, 2018 at 7:11

Employed Russian · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-31 01:52:02Z

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If you can use GDB TUI mode, that's probably best. See this answer.

If you can't use TUI for some reason, this should also work:

# put this into ~/.gdbinit:
define hook-next
  info locals
end

More info on hooking commands here.

answered Aug 31, 2018 at 1:52

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