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coredumpctl — Retrieve and process saved core dumps and metadata. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/s

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Problem

How to use the coredumpctl command: Retrieve and process saved core dumps and metadata. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/coredumpctl.html>.

Solution

coredumpctl — Retrieve and process saved core dumps and metadata. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/coredumpctl.html>.

List all captured core dumps:

coredumpctl

List captured core dumps for a program:

coredumpctl list {{program}}

Show information about the core dumps matching a program with PID:

coredumpctl info {{PID}}

Invoke debugger using the last core dump:

coredumpctl debug

Invoke debugger using the last core dump of a program:

coredumpctl debug {{program}}

Extract the last core dump of a program to a file:

coredumpctl {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file}} dump {{program}}

Skip debuginfod and pagination prompts and then print the backtrace when using gdb:

coredumpctl debug {{[-A|--debugger-arguments]}} "-iex 'set debuginfod enabled on' -iex 'set pagination off' -ex bt"

Code Snippets

List all captured core dumps

coredumpctl

List captured core dumps for a program

coredumpctl list {{program}}

Show information about the core dumps matching a program with PID

coredumpctl info {{PID}}

Invoke debugger using the last core dump

coredumpctl debug

Invoke debugger using the last core dump of a program

coredumpctl debug {{program}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/coredumpctl

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