ISDBG Commands
Command
Description
b0
Usage: b0 prog-name
 
set a breakpoint at the beginning of a given program
break
Usage: break line-number|paragraph-name
 
set a breakpoint at a given line or paragraph
 
Usage: break -l
 
list breackpoints
clear
Usage: clear line-number|paragraph-name
 
remove a breakpoint at a given line or paragraph
 
Usage: clear -a
 
remove all breakpoints
continue
Usage: continue
 
continue execution until the next breakpoint
directory
Usage: directory dir-name
 
Add a given directory to the debug code_prefix
 
Usage: directory
 
Shows the current debug code_prefix
display
Usage: display variable-name
 
display the current value of a variable in ascii or decimal
 
Usage: display -x variable-name
 
display the current value of a variable in hex
down
Usage: down
 
View the next lower stack frame
exit
Usage: exit
 
exit debug
f
Usage: f
 
repeat find
fb
Usage: fb text
 
find text backwards
ff
Usage: ff text
 
find text forwards
ft
Usage: ft text
 
find text from top
gc
Usage: gc
 
force garbage collector
help
Usage: help
 
show help
infostack
Usage: infostack
 
display stack information
jump
Usage: jump line-number|paragraph-name
 
jump to a given line or paragraph
let
Usage: let variable-name=value
 
assign new value to a variable
line
Usage: line
 
display the current line of source code
list
Usage: list
 
display the source code
memory
Usage: memory
 
print memory information
monitor
Usage: monitor variable-name
 
set a monitor on a given variable
 
Usage: monitor -l
 
list monitors
next
Usage: next
 
step one line (step over CALL and PERFORM statements)
outpar
Usage: outpar
 
step out of the current paragraph
outprog
Usage: outprog
 
step out of the current program and return to the caller
pause
Usage: pause
 
pause execution
quit
Usage: quit
 
stop execution
run
Usage: run
start execution
step
Usage: step
 
execute the next statement
 
Usage: step n
 
execute the next n statements
stoff
Usage: stoff
 
stop autostep
ston
Usage: ston
 
start autostep
thread
Usage: thread thread-name
 
choose the thread to debug
 
Usage: thread -l
 
list threads
to
Usage: to line-number
 
continue execution until the given line number is reached
troff
Usage: troff
 
stop tracing program execution
tron
Usage: tron tracelevel log-filename
 
start tracing program execution on a text file. See iscobol.tracelevel for possible tracelevel values.
unmonitor
Usage: unmonitor variable-name
 
clear the monitor on a specified variable
up
Usage: up
 
View the next higher stack frame
w0
Usage: w0
 
go to first executable line
w@
Usage: w@
 
show the current line
wb
Usage: wb
 
show last line of source code
wt
Usage: wt
 
show first line of source code