Step out of Current Function with Gdb
Those Who Use Visual Studio Will Be Familiar with the Shift + F11 Hotkey, Which Steps out of a Function, Meaning It Continues Execution of the Current Function...
Those who use Visual Studio will be familiar with the Shift + F11 hotkey, which steps out of a function, meaning it continues execution of the current function until it returns to its caller, at which point it stops.
Is there an equivalent in GDB?
1 Answer
You can use the finish command.
finish: Continue running until just after function in the selected stack frame returns. Print the returned value (if any). This command can be abbreviated asfin.
(See 5.2 Continuing and Stepping.)
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