Re: Update find command help and search memory docs

[Dominik Czarnota <dominik dot b dot czarnota at gmail dot com>]

Changed space after dot into two and fixed a typo `tralinig` -> `trailing`.



gdb/ChangeLog:

    PR gdb/21945
    * findcmd.c (_initialize_mem_search), gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo: Update
find command description.
    * doc/gdb.texinfo: Update search memory description and example.


diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 00451d243d..5b9946a9cf 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -11920,6 +11920,8 @@ giant words (eight bytes)
 All values are interpreted in the current language.
 This means, for example, that if the current source language is C/C@t{++}
 then searching for the string ``hello'' includes the trailing '\0'.
+The null terminator can be removed from searching by using casts,
+e.g.: @samp{{char[5]}"hello"}.

 If the value size is not specified, it is taken from the
 value's type in the current language.
@@ -11969,7 +11971,11 @@ you get during debugging:
 (gdb) find &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'
 0x8049567 <hello.1620>
 0x804956d <hello.1620+6>
-2 patterns found
+2 patterns found.
+(gdb) find &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), {char[5]}"hello"
+0x8049567 <hello.1620>
+0x804956d <hello.1620+6>
+2 patterns found.
 (gdb) find /b1 &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), 'h', 0x65, 'l'
 0x8049567 <hello.1620>
 1 pattern found
diff --git a/gdb/findcmd.c b/gdb/findcmd.c
index b43fefc06d..ff6088eac1 100644
--- a/gdb/findcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/findcmd.c
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ and if not specified the size is taken from the
type of the expression\n\
 in the current language.\n\
 Note that this means for example that in the case of C-like languages\n\
 a search for an untyped 0x42 will search for \"(int) 0x42\"\n\
-which is typically four bytes.\n\
+which is typically four bytes, and a search for a string \"hello\" will\n\
+include the trailing '\\0'.  The null terminator can be removed from\n\
+searching by using casts, e.g.: {char[5]}\"hello\".\n\
 \n\
 The address of the last match is stored as the value of \"$_\".\n\
 Convenience variable \"$numfound\" is set to the number of matches."),

2017-11-26 18:43 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
>> From: Dominik Czarnota <dominik.b.czarnota@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:44:30 +0100
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> index 00451d243d..5b9946a9cf 100644
>> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> @@ -11920,6 +11920,8 @@ giant words (eight bytes)
>>  All values are interpreted in the current language.
>>  This means, for example, that if the current source language is C/C@t{++}
>>  then searching for the string ``hello'' includes the trailing '\0'.
>> +The null terminator can be removed from searching by using casts,
>> +e.g.: @samp{{char[5]}"hello"}.
>>
>>  If the value size is not specified, it is taken from the
>>  value's type in the current language.
>> @@ -11969,7 +11971,11 @@ you get during debugging:
>>  (gdb) find &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'
>>  0x8049567 <hello.1620>
>>  0x804956d <hello.1620+6>
>> -2 patterns found
>> +2 patterns found.
>> +(gdb) find &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), {char[5]}"hello"
>> +0x8049567 <hello.1620>
>> +0x804956d <hello.1620+6>
>> +2 patterns found.
>>  (gdb) find /b1 &hello[0], +sizeof(hello), 'h', 0x65, 'l'
>>  0x8049567 <hello.1620>
>>  1 pattern found
>
> This part is OK.
>
>> diff --git a/gdb/findcmd.c b/gdb/findcmd.c
>> index b43fefc06d..ff6088eac1 100644
>> --- a/gdb/findcmd.c
>> +++ b/gdb/findcmd.c
>> @@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ and if not specified the size is taken from the
>> type of the expression\n\
>>  in the current language.\n\
>>  Note that this means for example that in the case of C-like languages\n\
>>  a search for an untyped 0x42 will search for \"(int) 0x42\"\n\
>> -which is typically four bytes.\n\
>> +which is typically four bytes, and a search for a string \"hello\" will\n\
>> +include the tralinig '\\0'. The null terminator can be removed from\n\
>                              ^^
> Two spaces here, please.
>
> Thanks.