Examining the stack frame in gdb

Question

right now I've been using gdb to disassemble a binary file and check out different registers and whatnot. Is there an easy command to examine everything on the stack? can this be limited to everything in a function?

Answer 1

For the current stack frame:

• info frame lists general info about the frame (where things start in memory, etc.)
• info args lists arguments to the function
• info locals lists local variables stored in the frame

Answer 2

"bt" (backtrace) will give you a call stack.

"frame args" will give you information about a specific frame from the stack.

"info locals" can give you information about any local variables on the stack.