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LLDB(1)			FreeBSD	General	Commands Manual		       LLDB(1)

NAME
     lldb -- The debugger

SYNOPSIS
     lldb [-hvdexw] [-a	arch] [-c core-file] [-l script-language]
	  [-s lldb-commands] [-n process-name] [-p pid]	[[--] _PROGRAM-ARG1_
	  _PROGRAM-ARG2_ ...]

DESCRIPTION
     lldb is the command line interface	for the	LLDB debugger library.	lldb
     can debug C, C++, Objective-C, and	Objective-C++ programs.

     The following options are available:

     -h, --help
	     Prints out	the usage information for the lldb debugger.  The
	     --help text may be	more up-to-date	and authoritative than the
	     command line options described in this man	page.

     -v, --version
	     Prints out	the version number of the lldb debugger.

     -a, --arch	arch
	     Specifies which architecture lldb will use	when launching the
	     specified program (assuming the provided executable is built for
	     multiple architectures.)

     -f, --file	filename
	     Specifies the executable file that	lldb will be launching /
	     attaching to.

     -n, --attach-name process-name
	     Specifies the name	of a currently-running process to attach to.
	     (or the name of a process to wait for if -w is used.)

     -w, --wait-for
	     When used in concert with -n process-name,	indicates that lldb
	     should wait for a new process of that name	to be started -- and
	     attach to it as early in the process-launch as possible.

     -p, --attach-pid pid
	     Specifies a currently running process that	lldb should attach to.

     -c, --core	core-file
	     Specifies the core	file to	examine.

     -l, --script-language language
	     Tells the debugger	to use the specified scripting language	for
	     user-defined scripts, rather than the default.  Valid scripting
	     languages that can	be specified include Python, Perl, Ruby	and
	     Tcl.  Currently only the Python extensions	have been implemented.

     -d, --debug
	     Tells the debugger	to print out extra information for debugging
	     itself.

     -s, --source filename
	     Tells lldb	to read	in and execute the file	"filename", which
	     should contain lldb commands.

     -e, --editor
	     Instructs lldb to open source files using the host's "external
	     editor" mechanism.

     -x, --no-lldbinit
	     Do	not automatically parse	any '.lldbinit'	files.

	     (If you do	not provide -f then the	first argument will be the
	     file to be	debugged so 'lldb -- <filename>	[<ARG1>	[<ARG2>]]'
	     also works.  Remember to end the options with "--"	if any of your
	     arguments have a "-" in them.)

USING LLDB
     In	lldb there is a	help command which can be used to find descriptions
     and examples of all lldb commands.	 To get	help on	"breakpoint set" you
     would type	"help breakpoint set".

     There is also an apropos command which will search	the help text of all
     commands for a given term -- this is useful for locating a	command	by
     topic.  For instance, "apropos breakpoint"	will list any command that has
     the word "breakpoint" in its help text.

FILES
     lldb will read settings/aliases/commands from three files at startup, if
     they exist.

     First, it will read a ~/.lldbinit-debugger	command	file.  If you are
     using the lldb command line interface, this is ~/.lldbinit-lldb.  If you
     are using lldb inside a GUI debugger like Xcode this will be
     ~/.lldbinit-Xcode.	 This is a useful place	to put settings	that you want
     to	apply only when	a given	lldb command interpreter is used.

     Second, ~/.lldbinit is read.

     Third, an .lldbinit file in the current working directory (where lldb is
     started) will be read.

SEE ALSO
     The LLDB project page http://lldb.llvm.org/ has many different resources
     for lldb users -- the gdb/lldb command equivalence	page
     http://lldb.llvm.org/lldb-gdb.html	can be especially helpful for users
     coming from gdb.

BUGS
     To	report bugs, please visit http://llvm.org/bugs/

AUTHOR
     Maintained	by the LLDB Team, http://lldb.llvm.org/

FreeBSD	11.1		       December	16, 2015		  FreeBSD 11.1

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