4.3. Shell commands
If you need to execute occasional shell commands during your
debugging session, there is no need to leave or suspend gdb; you can
just use the shell command.
- shell command string
Invoke a standard shell to execute command string.
If it exists, the environment variable SHELL determines which
shell to run. Otherwise gdb uses the default shell
(/bin/sh on Unix systems, COMMAND.COM on MS-DOS, etc.).
The utility make is often needed in development environments.
You do not have to use the shell command for this purpose in
gdb:
- make make-args
Execute the make program with the specified
arguments. This is equivalent to shell make make-args.
