Sun Studio 12: Debugging a Program With dbx

Formats

The format is the address display format in which dbx displays the results of a query. The output produced depends on the current display format. To change the display format, supply a different format code.

The default format set at the start of each dbx session is X, which displays an address or value as a 32-bit word in hexadecimal. The following memory display formats are legal.

Display as an assembly instruction. 

Display as 16 bits (2 bytes) in decimal. 

Display as 32 bits (4 bytes) in decimal. 

Display as 16 bits (2 bytes) in octal. 

Display as 32 bits (4 bytes) in octal. 

Display as 16 bits (2 bytes) in hexadecimal. 

Display as 32 bits (4 bytes) in hexadecimal. (default format) 

Display as a byte in octal. 

Display as a character. 

Display as a wide character. 

Display as a string of characters terminated by a null byte. 

Display as a wide character. 

Display as a single-precision floating point number. 

F, g 

Display as a double-precision floating point number. 

Display as an extended-precision floating point number. 

ld, lD 

Display 32 bits (4 bytes) in decimal (same as D). 

lo, lO 

Display 32 bits (4 bytes) in octal (same as O). 

lx, LX 

Display 32 bits (4 bytes) in hexadecimal (same as X). 

Ld, LD 

Display 64 bits (8 bytes) in decimal. 

Lo, LO 

Display 64 bits (8 bytes) in octal. 

Lx, LX 

Display 64 bits (8 bytes) in hexadecimal.