How do I run a program with commandline arguments using GDB within a Bash script?

Question

When running a program on GDB, usually, the arguments for the program are given at the run command. Is there a way to run the program using GDB and as well as g

Answer 1

You can run gdb with --args parameter,

gdb --args executablename arg1 arg2 arg3

If you want it to run automatically, place some commands in a file (e.g. 'run') and give it as argument: -x /tmp/cmds. Optionally you can run with -batch mode.

gdb -batch -x /tmp/cmds --args executablename arg1 arg2 arg3

Answer 2

Much too late, but here is a method that works during gdb session.

gdb <executable>

then

(gdb) apropos argument

This will return lots of matches, the useful one is set args.

set args -- Set argument list to give program being debugged when it is started.

set args arg1 arg2 ...

then

r

This will run the program, passing to main(argc, argv) the arguments and the argument count.