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GDBINIT(5)                              GNU Development Tools                             GDBINIT(5)

NAME
       gdbinit - GDB initialization scripts

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/gdb/gdbinit

       /etc/gdb/gdbinit.d/*

       ~/.config/gdb/gdbinit

       ~/.gdbinit

       ./.gdbinit

DESCRIPTION
       These files contain GDB commands to automatically execute during GDB startup.  The lines of
       contents are canned sequences of commands, described in the GDB manual in node "Sequences" --
       shell command "info -f gdb -n Sequences".

       Please read more in the GDB manual in node "Startup" -- shell command "info -f gdb -n
       Startup".

       /etc/gdb/gdbinit
           System-wide  initialization  file.  It is executed unless user specified GDB option "-nx"
           or "-n".  See more in the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration" -- shell command
           "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".

       /etc/gdb/gdbinit.d
           System-wide initialization directory.  All  files  in  this  directory  are  executed  on
           startup unless user specified GDB option "-nx" or "-n", as long as they have a recognized
           file  extension.  See more in the GDB manual in node "System-wide configuration" -- shell
           command "info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'".

       ~/.config/gdb/gdbinit or ~/.gdbinit
           User initialization file.  It is executed unless user specified GDB options  "-nx",  "-n"
           or "-nh".

       .gdbinit
           Initialization  file  for current directory.  It may need to be enabled with GDB security
           command "set auto-load local-gdbinit".  See more in the GDB manual in node "Init File  in
           the  Current  Directory"  --  shell  command  "info  -f  gdb -n 'Init File in the Current
           Directory'".

OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
       gdb(1), "info -f gdb -n Startup"

       The full documentation for GDB is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the  "info"  and  "gdb"
       programs and GDB's Texinfo documentation are properly installed at your site, the command

               info gdb

       should give you access to the complete manual.

       Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch,
       July 1991.

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gdb-                                         2026-02-05                                   GDBINIT(5)