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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/findcmd.c b/gdb/findcmd.c index b43fefc..d437b56 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."), |