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<h3 class="section">2.3 Shell Commands</h3>
<p>If you need to execute occasional shell commands during your
debugging session, there is no need to leave or suspend <span class="sc">gdb</span>; you can
just use the <code>shell</code> command.
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<dl><dt><code>shell </code><var>command-string</var><dt><code>!</code><var>command-string</var><dd>Invoke a standard shell to execute <var>command-string</var>.
Note that no space is needed between <code>!</code> and <var>command-string</var>.
If it exists, the environment variable <code>SHELL</code> determines which
shell to run. Otherwise <span class="sc">gdb</span> uses the default shell
(<samp><span class="file">/bin/sh</span></samp> on Unix systems, <samp><span class="file">COMMAND.COM</span></samp> on MS-DOS, etc.).
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<p>The utility <code>make</code> is often needed in development environments.
You do not have to use the <code>shell</code> command for this purpose in
<span class="sc">gdb</span>:
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<dl><dt><code>make </code><var>make-args</var><dd>Execute the <code>make</code> program with the specified
arguments. This is equivalent to &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">shell make </span><var>make-args</var></samp>&rsquo;.
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