Need to put a breakpoint in gdb using bash shell

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I want a way to put a break point in gdb by runing a shell script.

Actualy I wanted to do certain automisation of a long manual process, which includes starting of a process in background and then taking the process ID of that process and then attach the gdb to that process ID. Then finaly put a break point at a specific location.

Is there any way to do it?

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Why don't you just start the program from within gdb? That way you could set up all the breakpoints you need before the program even starts running.

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So that just run the script. Don't had to start the gdb and then put a breakpoint.

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Option 1: start the program from within gdb using a script you passed along using -x
Option 2: start the program in the background, start gdb using the process id ($!) and -x gdbfile, where gdbfile contains "break <line number>"

Since both options use the -x switch, I suggest taking a look at the gdb man page on what it does exactly.

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Thanks alot for your great help pludi