NAME¶
edb - graphical debugger and disassembler for executables
SYNOPSIS¶
edb [OPTION]... [TARGET]
DESCRIPTION¶
edb (Evan's Debugger) is a modular and modern disassembler and debugger
for binary ELF files based on ptrace API and the capstone disassembly library.
- --help
- Show usage and exit.
- --symbols <file>
- generate symbols map for file <file>
- --attach <pid>
- attach the process of PID <pid> to debugger
- --run <program> [args...]
- open <program> in debugger with optional [args...]
- --version
- show version string and exit.
- --dump-version
- show version and exit.
EXAMPLE¶
edb --symbols /lib/libc.so.6 > libc.so.6.map
Will generate symbols for libc and save it in a text file. It's useful if you store this map files in the symbols directory configured in edb's preferences.
for i in $(ls /lib); do edb --symbols $i > $(basename $i).map;
done
Useful to generate maps for all libs you have in /lib.
edb --run /bin/ls
Will open the ls program binary in debugger.
edb --attach 1720
Attach the process of PID 1720 to debugger.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Evan Teran <evan.teran@gmail.com>
