PTRACE-debugger

A custom debugger for linux based operating systems built using ptrace syscall.

How to run

Compile the source code

g++ debugger.cpp -o debugger

Execute the debugger with the path to binary file to debug

./debugger path/to/binary_file

Commands in the debugger

Command	Description
next/ nexti	To step to next instruction
break 0x123456	To set a break point at 0x123456
continue / c	To continue the execution, even c can be used
exit	To exit the program
infobreak/ i b	List of break points
info registers/ i r	List of registers with their values

Resources

1. Playing with Ptrace
2. Liz Rice's talk on debuggers from scratch part 1, part 2
3. Reading registers of a traced process