While doing reverse engineering i always need to seek into specific functions. I used to work with radare2 with the command s <function_name>, which set a breakpoint on the first instruction of function_name.
Is there a similar method in gdb?
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What does the `s
` _do_? – Employed Russian Jan 26 '21 at 16:54 -
@EmployedRussian it makes a breakpoint in the first instruction of
– Garde Des Ombres Jan 26 '21 at 19:32 -
Interesting. Is the radare2 different to the one here: https://book.rada.re/first_steps/intro.html ? As the seek command of that tool does not create breakpoints. At least according to the documentation. – Andrew Jan 28 '21 at 11:09
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Is there a similar method in gdb?
Yes: break *function_name.
From (gdb) help break:
Address locations begin with "*" and specify an exact address in the
program. Example: To specify the fourth byte past the start function
"main", use "*main + 4".
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