Implement | (pipe) command.
The pipe command allows to run a GDB command, and pipe its output
to a shell command:
(gdb) help pipe
Send the output of a gdb command to a shell command.
Usage: | [COMMAND] | SHELL_COMMAND
Usage: | -d DELIM COMMAND DELIM SHELL_COMMAND
Usage: pipe [COMMAND] | SHELL_COMMAND
Usage: pipe -d DELIM COMMAND DELIM SHELL_COMMAND
Executes COMMAND and sends its output to SHELL_COMMAND.
The -d option indicates to use the string DELIM to separate COMMAND
from SHELL_COMMAND, in alternative to |. This is useful in
case COMMAND contains a | character.
With no COMMAND, repeat the last executed command
and send its output to SHELL_COMMAND.
(gdb)
For example:
(gdb) pipe print some_data_structure | grep -B3 -A3 something
The pipe character is defined as an alias for pipe command, so that
the above can be typed as:
(gdb) | print some_data_structure | grep -B3 -A3 something
If no GDB COMMAND is given, then the previous command is relaunched,
and its output is sent to the given SHELL_COMMAND.
This also defines convenience vars $_shell_exitcode and $_shell_exitsignal
to record the exit code and exit signal of the last shell command
launched by GDB e.g. by "shell", "pipe", ...
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-05-31 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* cli/cli-cmds.c (pipe_command): New function.
(_initialize_cli_cmds): Call add_com for pipe_command.
Define | as an alias for pipe.
(exit_status_set_internal_vars): New function.
(shell_escape): Call exit_status_set_internal_vars.
cli/cli-decode.c (find_command_name_length): Recognize | as
a single character command.