Multiple commands in gdb separted by some sort of delimiter ';'?

Question

I am trying to execute two commands at once in gdb:

finish; next

I tried using the ';' to separate the commands but gdb did not let me do both at once.

Is it possible to do multiple commands in gdb similar to bash commands separated by ';' delimiter?

Answer 1

I don't believe so (but I may be wrong). You can do something like this:

(gdb) define fn
> finish
> next
> end

And then just type:

(gdb) fn

You can put this in your ~/.gdbinit file as well so it is always available.

Answer 2

GDB has no such command separator character. I looked briefly, in case it would be easy to add one, but unfortunately no....