If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, then configuration and command history files are located in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dlv. Otherwise, they are located in $HOME/.config/dlv on Linux and $HOME/.dlv on other systems.
The configuration file config.yml contains all the configurable options and their default values. The command history is stored in .dbg_history.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| call | Resumes process, injecting a function call (EXPERIMENTAL!!!) |
| continue | Run until breakpoint or program termination. |
| next | Step over to next source line. |
| next-instruction | Single step a single cpu instruction, skipping function calls. |
| rebuild | Rebuild the target executable and restarts it. It does not work if the executable was not built by delve. |
| restart | Restart process. |
| rev | Reverses the execution of the target program for the command specified. |
| rewind | Run backwards until breakpoint or start of recorded history. |
| step | Single step through program. |
| step-instruction | Single step a single cpu instruction. |
| stepout | Step out of the current function. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| break | Sets a breakpoint. |
| breakpoints | Print out info for active breakpoints. |
| clear | Deletes breakpoint. |
| clearall | Deletes multiple breakpoints. |
| condition | Set breakpoint condition. |
| on | Executes a command when a breakpoint is hit. |
| toggle | Toggles on or off a breakpoint. |
| trace | Set tracepoint. |
| watch | Set watchpoint. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| args | Print function arguments. |
| display | Print value of an expression every time the program stops. |
| examinemem | Examine raw memory at the given address. |
| locals | Print local variables. |
| Evaluate an expression. | |
| regs | Print contents of CPU registers. |
| set | Changes the value of a variable. |
| vars | Print package variables. |
| whatis | Prints type of an expression. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| goroutine | Shows or changes current goroutine |
| goroutines | List program goroutines. |
| thread | Switch to the specified thread. |
| threads | Print out info for every traced thread. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| deferred | Executes command in the context of a deferred call. |
| down | Move the current frame down. |
| frame | Set the current frame, or execute command on a different frame. |
| stack | Print stack trace. |
| up | Move the current frame up. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| check | Creates a checkpoint at the current position. |
| checkpoints | Print out info for existing checkpoints. |
| clear-checkpoint | Deletes checkpoint. |
| config | Changes configuration parameters. |
| disassemble | Disassembler. |
| dump | Creates a core dump from the current process state |
| edit | Open where you are in $DELVE_EDITOR or $EDITOR |
| exit | Exit the debugger. |
| funcs | Print list of functions. |
| help | Prints the help message. |
| libraries | List loaded dynamic libraries |
| list | Show source code. |
| packages | Print list of packages. |
| source | Executes a file containing a list of delve commands |
| sources | Print list of source files. |
| target | Manages child process debugging. |
| transcript | Appends command output to a file. |
| types | Print list of types |
Print function arguments.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] args [-v] [<regex>]
If regex is specified only function arguments with a name matching it will be returned. If -v is specified more information about each function argument will be shown.
Sets a breakpoint.
break [name] [locspec] [if <condition>]
Locspec is a location specifier in the form of:
- *<address> Specifies the location of memory address address. address can be specified as a decimal, hexadecimal or octal number
- <filename>:<line> Specifies the line in filename. filename can be the partial path to a file or even just the base name as long as the expression remains unambiguous.
- <line> Specifies the line in the current file
- +<offset> Specifies the line offset lines after the current one
- -<offset> Specifies the line offset lines before the current one
- <function>[:<line>] Specifies the line inside function. The full syntax for function is <package>.(*<receiver type>).<function name> however the only required element is the function name, everything else can be omitted as long as the expression remains unambiguous. For setting a breakpoint on an init function (ex: main.init), the <filename>:<line> syntax should be used to break in the correct init function at the correct location.
- /<regex>/ Specifies the location of all the functions matching regex
If locspec is omitted a breakpoint will be set on the current line.
If you would like to assign a name to the breakpoint you can do so with the form:
break mybpname main.go:4
Finally, you can assign a condition to the newly created breakpoint by using the 'if' postfix form, like so:
break main.go:55 if i == 5
Alternatively you can set a condition on a breakpoint after created by using the 'on' command.
See also: "help on", "help cond" and "help clear"
Aliases: b
Print out info for active breakpoints.
breakpoints [-a]
Specifying -a prints all physical breakpoint, including internal breakpoints.
Aliases: bp
Resumes process, injecting a function call (EXPERIMENTAL!!!)
call [-unsafe] <function call expression>
Current limitations:
- only pointers to stack-allocated objects can be passed as argument.
- only some automatic type conversions are supported.
- functions can only be called on running goroutines that are not executing the runtime.
- the current goroutine needs to have at least 256 bytes of free space on the stack.
- functions can only be called when the goroutine is stopped at a safe point.
- calling a function will resume execution of all goroutines.
- only supported on linux's native backend.
Creates a checkpoint at the current position.
checkpoint [note]
The "note" is arbitrary text that can be used to identify the checkpoint, if it is not specified it defaults to the current filename:line position.
Aliases: checkpoint
Print out info for existing checkpoints.
Deletes breakpoint.
clear <breakpoint name or id>
Deletes checkpoint.
clear-checkpoint <id>
Aliases: clearcheck
Deletes multiple breakpoints.
clearall [<locspec>]
If called with the locspec argument it will delete all the breakpoints matching the locspec. If locspec is omitted all breakpoints are deleted.
Set breakpoint condition.
condition <breakpoint name or id> <boolean expression>.
condition -hitcount <breakpoint name or id> <operator> <argument>.
condition -per-g-hitcount <breakpoint name or id> <operator> <argument>.
condition -clear <breakpoint name or id>.
Specifies that the breakpoint, tracepoint or watchpoint should break only if the boolean expression is true.
See Documentation/cli/expr.md for a description of supported expressions.
With the -hitcount option a condition on the breakpoint hit count can be set, the following operators are supported
condition -hitcount bp > n
condition -hitcount bp >= n
condition -hitcount bp < n
condition -hitcount bp <= n
condition -hitcount bp == n
condition -hitcount bp != n
condition -hitcount bp % n
The -per-g-hitcount option works like -hitcount, but use per goroutine hitcount to compare with n.
With the -clear option a condition on the breakpoint can removed.
The '% n' form means we should stop at the breakpoint when the hitcount is a multiple of n.
Examples:
cond 2 i == 10 breakpoint 2 will stop when variable i equals 10
cond name runtime.curg.goid == 5 breakpoint 'name' will stop only on goroutine 5
cond -clear 2 the condition on breakpoint 2 will be removed
Aliases: cond
Changes configuration parameters.
config -list
Show all configuration parameters.
config -save
Saves the configuration file to disk, overwriting the current configuration file.
config <parameter> <value>
Changes the value of a configuration parameter.
config substitute-path <from> <to>
config substitute-path <from>
config substitute-path -clear
Adds or removes a path substitution rule, if -clear is used all substitute-path rules are removed. Without arguments shows the current list of substitute-path rules. See also Documentation/cli/substitutepath.md for how the rules are applied.
config alias <command> <alias>
config alias <alias>
Defines <alias> as an alias to <command> or removes an alias.
config debug-info-directories -add <path>
config debug-info-directories -rm <path>
config debug-info-directories -clear
Adds, removes or clears debug-info-directories.
Run until breakpoint or program termination.
continue [<locspec>]
Optional locspec argument allows you to continue until a specific location is reached. The program will halt if a breakpoint is hit before reaching the specified location.
For example:
continue main.main
continue encoding/json.Marshal
Aliases: c
Executes command in the context of a deferred call.
deferred <n> <command>
Executes the specified command (print, args, locals) in the context of the n-th deferred call in the current frame.
Disassembler.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] disassemble [-a <start> <end>] [-l <locspec>]
If no argument is specified the function being executed in the selected stack frame will be executed.
-a <start> <end> disassembles the specified address range
-l <locspec> disassembles the specified function
Aliases: disass
Print value of an expression every time the program stops.
display -a [%format] <expression>
display -d <number>
The '-a' option adds an expression to the list of expression printed every time the program stops. The '-d' option removes the specified expression from the list.
If display is called without arguments it will print the value of all expression in the list.
Move the current frame down.
down [<m>]
down [<m>] <command>
Move the current frame down by <m>. The second form runs the command on the given frame.
Creates a core dump from the current process state
dump <output file>
The core dump is always written in ELF, even on systems (windows, macOS) where this is not customary. For environments other than linux/amd64 threads and registers are dumped in a format that only Delve can read back.
Open where you are in $DELVE_EDITOR or $EDITOR
edit [locspec]
If locspec is omitted edit will open the current source file in the editor, otherwise it will open the specified location.
Aliases: ed
Examine raw memory at the given address.
Examine memory:
examinemem [-fmt <format>] [-count|-len <count>] [-size <size>] <address>
examinemem [-fmt <format>] [-count|-len <count>] [-size <size>] -x <expression>
Format represents the data format and the value is one of this list (default hex): bin(binary), oct(octal), dec(decimal), hex(hexadecimal) and raw. Length is the number of bytes (default 1) and must be less than or equal to 1000. Address is the memory location of the target to examine. Please note '-len' is deprecated by '-count and -size'. Expression can be an integer expression or pointer value of the memory location to examine.
For example:
x -fmt hex -count 20 -size 1 0xc00008af38
x -fmt hex -count 20 -size 1 -x 0xc00008af38 + 8
x -fmt hex -count 20 -size 1 -x &myVar
x -fmt hex -count 20 -size 1 -x myPtrVar
Aliases: x
Exit the debugger.
exit [-c]
When connected to a headless instance started with the --accept-multiclient, pass -c to resume the execution of the target process before disconnecting.
Aliases: quit q
Set the current frame, or execute command on a different frame.
frame <m>
frame <m> <command>
The first form sets frame used by subsequent commands such as "print" or "set". The second form runs the command on the given frame.
Print list of functions.
funcs [<regex>]
If regex is specified only the functions matching it will be returned.
Shows or changes current goroutine
goroutine
goroutine <id>
goroutine <id> <command>
Called without arguments it will show information about the current goroutine. Called with a single argument it will switch to the specified goroutine. Called with more arguments it will execute a command on the specified goroutine.
Aliases: gr
List program goroutines.
goroutines [-u|-r|-g|-s] [-t [depth]] [-l] [-with loc expr] [-without loc expr] [-group argument] [-chan expr] [-exec command]
Print out info for every goroutine. The flag controls what information is shown along with each goroutine:
-u displays location of topmost stackframe in user code (default)
-r displays location of topmost stackframe (including frames inside private runtime functions)
-g displays location of go instruction that created the goroutine
-s displays location of the start function
-t displays goroutine's stacktrace (an optional depth value can be specified, default: 10)
-l displays goroutine's labels
If no flag is specified the default is -u, i.e. the first frame within the first 30 frames that is not executing a runtime private function.
FILTERING
If -with or -without are specified only goroutines that match the given condition are returned.
To only display goroutines where the specified location contains (or does not contain, for -without and -wo) expr as a substring, use:
goroutines -with (userloc|curloc|goloc|startloc) expr
goroutines -w (userloc|curloc|goloc|startloc) expr
goroutines -without (userloc|curloc|goloc|startloc) expr
goroutines -wo (userloc|curloc|goloc|startloc) expr
Where:
userloc: filter by the location of the topmost stackframe in user code
curloc: filter by the location of the topmost stackframe (including frames inside private runtime functions)
goloc: filter by the location of the go instruction that created the goroutine
startloc: filter by the location of the start function
To only display goroutines that have (or do not have) the specified label key and value, use:
goroutines -with label key=value
goroutines -without label key=value
To only display goroutines that have (or do not have) the specified label key, use:
goroutines -with label key
goroutines -without label key
To only display goroutines that are running (or are not running) on a OS thread, use:
goroutines -with running
goroutines -without running
To only display user (or runtime) goroutines, use:
goroutines -with user
goroutines -without user
CHANNELS
To only show goroutines waiting to send to or receive from a specific channel use:
goroutines -chan expr
Note that 'expr' must not contain spaces.
GROUPING
goroutines -group (userloc|curloc|goloc|startloc|running|user)
Where:
userloc: groups goroutines by the location of the topmost stackframe in user code
curloc: groups goroutines by the location of the topmost stackframe
goloc: groups goroutines by the location of the go instruction that created the goroutine
startloc: groups goroutines by the location of the start function
running: groups goroutines by whether they are running or not
user: groups goroutines by weather they are user or runtime goroutines
Groups goroutines by the given location, running status or user classification, up to 5 goroutines per group will be displayed as well as the total number of goroutines in the group.
goroutines -group label key
Groups goroutines by the value of the label with the specified key.
EXEC
goroutines -exec <command>
Runs the command on every goroutine.
Aliases: grs
Prints the help message.
help [command]
Type "help" followed by the name of a command for more information about it.
Aliases: h
List loaded dynamic libraries
Show source code.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] list [<locspec>]
Show source around current point or provided locspec.
For example:
frame 1 list 69
list testvariables.go:10000
list main.main:30
list 40
Aliases: ls l
Print local variables.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] locals [-v] [<regex>]
The name of variables that are shadowed in the current scope will be shown in parenthesis.
If regex is specified only local variables with a name matching it will be returned. If -v is specified more information about each local variable will be shown.
Step over to next source line.
next [count]
Optional [count] argument allows you to skip multiple lines.
Aliases: n
Single step a single cpu instruction, skipping function calls.
Aliases: ni nexti
Executes a command when a breakpoint is hit.
on <breakpoint name or id> <command>
on <breakpoint name or id> -edit
Supported commands: print, stack, goroutine, trace and cond. To convert a breakpoint into a tracepoint use:
on <breakpoint name or id> trace
The command 'on <bp> cond <cond-arguments>' is equivalent to 'cond <bp> <cond-arguments>'.
The command 'on x -edit' can be used to edit the list of commands executed when the breakpoint is hit.
Print list of packages.
packages [<regex>]
If regex is specified only the packages matching it will be returned.
Evaluate an expression.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] print [%format] <expression>
See Documentation/cli/expr.md for a description of supported expressions.
The optional format argument is a format specifier, like the ones used by the fmt package. For example "print %x v" will print v as an hexadecimal number.
Aliases: p
Rebuild the target executable and restarts it. It does not work if the executable was not built by delve.
Print contents of CPU registers.
regs [-a]
Argument -a shows more registers. Individual registers can also be displayed by 'print' and 'display'. See Documentation/cli/expr.md.
Restart process.
For recorded targets the command takes the following forms:
restart resets to the start of the recording
restart [checkpoint] resets the recording to the given checkpoint
restart -r [newargv...] [redirects...] re-records the target process
For live targets the command takes the following forms:
restart [newargv...] [redirects...] restarts the process
If newargv is omitted the process is restarted (or re-recorded) with the same argument vector. If -noargs is specified instead, the argument vector is cleared.
A list of file redirections can be specified after the new argument list to override the redirections defined using the '--redirect' command line option. A syntax similar to Unix shells is used:
<input.txt redirects the standard input of the target process from input.txt
>output.txt redirects the standard output of the target process to output.txt
2>error.txt redirects the standard error of the target process to error.txt
Aliases: r
Reverses the execution of the target program for the command specified. Currently, rev next, step, step-instruction and stepout commands are supported.
Run backwards until breakpoint or start of recorded history.
Aliases: rw
Changes the value of a variable.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] set <variable> = <value>
See Documentation/cli/expr.md for a description of supported expressions. Only numerical variables and pointers can be changed.
Executes a file containing a list of delve commands
source <path>
If path ends with the .star extension it will be interpreted as a starlark script. See Documentation/cli/starlark.md for the syntax.
If path is a single '-' character an interactive starlark interpreter will start instead. Type 'exit' to exit.
Print list of source files.
sources [<regex>]
If regex is specified only the source files matching it will be returned.
Print stack trace.
[goroutine <n>] [frame <m>] stack [<depth>] [-full] [-offsets] [-defer] [-a <n>] [-adepth <depth>] [-mode <mode>]
-full every stackframe is decorated with the value of its local variables and arguments.
-offsets prints frame offset of each frame.
-defer prints deferred function call stack for each frame.
-a <n> prints stacktrace of n ancestors of the selected goroutine (target process must have tracebackancestors enabled)
-adepth <depth> configures depth of ancestor stacktrace
-mode <mode> specifies the stacktrace mode, possible values are:
normal - attempts to automatically switch between cgo frames and go frames
simple - disables automatic switch between cgo and go
fromg - starts from the registers stored in the runtime.g struct
Aliases: bt
Single step through program.
Aliases: s
Single step a single cpu instruction.
Aliases: si stepi
Step out of the current function.
Aliases: so
Manages child process debugging.
target follow-exec [-on [regex]] [-off]
Enables or disables follow exec mode. When follow exec mode Delve will automatically attach to new child processes executed by the target process. An optional regular expression can be passed to 'target follow-exec', only child processes with a command line matching the regular expression will be followed.
target list
List currently attached processes.
target switch [pid]
Switches to the specified process.
Switch to the specified thread.
thread <id>
Aliases: tr
Print out info for every traced thread.
Toggles on or off a breakpoint.
toggle <breakpoint name or id>
Set tracepoint.
trace [name] [locspec]
A tracepoint is a breakpoint that does not stop the execution of the program, instead when the tracepoint is hit a notification is displayed. See Documentation/cli/locspec.md for the syntax of locspec. If locspec is omitted a tracepoint will be set on the current line.
See also: "help on", "help cond" and "help clear"
Aliases: t
Appends command output to a file.
transcript [-t] [-x] <output file>
transcript -off
Output of Delve's command is appended to the specified output file. If '-t' is specified and the output file exists it is truncated. If '-x' is specified output to stdout is suppressed instead.
Using the -off option disables the transcript.
Print list of types
types [<regex>]
If regex is specified only the types matching it will be returned.
Move the current frame up.
up [<m>]
up [<m>] <command>
Move the current frame up by <m>. The second form runs the command on the given frame.
Print package variables.
vars [-v] [<regex>]
If regex is specified only package variables with a name matching it will be returned. If -v is specified more information about each package variable will be shown.
Set watchpoint.
watch [-r|-w|-rw] <expr>
-r stops when the memory location is read
-w stops when the memory location is written
-rw stops when the memory location is read or written
The memory location is specified with the same expression language used by 'print', for example:
watch v
watch -w *(*int)(0x1400007c018)
will watch the address of variable 'v' and writes to an int at addr '0x1400007c018'.
Note that writes that do not change the value of the watched memory address might not be reported.
See also: "help print".
Prints type of an expression.
whatis <expression>