Make "!" an alias for "shell".

* NEWS: Add mention.
	* cli/cli-cmds.c (init_cli_cmds): Remove xdb_commands condition on
	adding "!" command, always add it.
	* cli/cli-decode.c (find_command_name_length): Recognize "!" as a
	command of length one.

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): Document "!".

	testsuite/
	* gdb.base/shell.exp: New file.
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Doug Evans
2011-11-15 05:06:35 +00:00
parent 81f5d455de
commit ed59ded5eb
8 changed files with 59 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -1825,14 +1825,7 @@ Two arguments (separated by a comma) are taken as a range of memory to dump,\n\
if (xdb_commands)
add_com_alias ("va", "disassemble", class_xdb, 0);
/* NOTE: cagney/2000-03-20: Being able to enter ``(gdb) !ls'' would
be a really useful feature. Unfortunately, the below wont do
this. Instead it adds support for the form ``(gdb) ! ls''
(i.e. the space is required). If the ``!'' command below is
added the complains about no ``!'' command would be replaced by
complains about how the ``!'' command is broken :-) */
if (xdb_commands)
add_com_alias ("!", "shell", class_support, 0);
add_com_alias ("!", "shell", class_support, 0);
c = add_com ("make", class_support, make_command, _("\
Run the ``make'' program using the rest of the line as arguments."));