Debugger (The GNU Awk User’s Guide)
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14 Debugging awk Programs
It would be nice if computer programs worked perfectly the first time they were run, but in real life, this rarely happens for programs of any complexity. Thus, most programming languages have facilities available for “debugging” programs, and awk
is no exception.
The gawk
debugger is purposely modeled after the GNU Debugger (GDB) command-line debugger. If you are familiar with GDB, learning how to use gawk
for debugging your programs is easy.
• Debugging | Introduction to gawk debugger.
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• Sample Debugging Session | Sample debugging session. | |
• List of Debugger Commands | Main debugger commands. | |
• Readline Support | Readline support. | |
• Limitations | Limitations and future plans. | |
• Debugging Summary | Debugging summary. |