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This is a mini-tutorial of sorts for getting started with gdb on the Switch, with the target audience being people who want to mod and/or reverse games, with no prerequisite knowledge of gdb. The goal will be to walk you through some of the basic workflows needed to use a debugger on the Switch, while being brief enough for skimming for when you forget things.

If some part is unclear, your OS doesn't have install instructions, or you feel part of your workflow should be added here, feel free to comment any additions.

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Installing GDB

First off you'll need a version of GDB compatible with aarch64. This can be obtained via either a distribution of

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	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	"""Claude Code status line: API-rate cost estimate (session / today)."""
	import json
	import sys
	import glob
	import os
	import datetime as dt

	# USD per 1M tokens: (input, output, cache_write_5m, cache_read)
	# Source: platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing

	; ioctl codes extracted
	; daax (2026) -- win 11 26100
	;

	#pragma once

	#include <stdint.h>

	typedef struct _ioctl_t {
	const char* ioctl_name;

	/*

	## File Descriptor INT_MAX Overflow
	----
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	/**
	Compile with your C console project.
	*/
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <windows.h>

	#define __UNKNOWN_APP 0
	#define __CONSOLE_APP 1
	#define __GUI_APP 2

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# Impacket - Collection of Python classes for working with network protocols.
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	# of the Apache Software License. See the accompanying LICENSE file
	# for more information.

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Installing GDB

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Background

Index

preprequisites

	#include <objc/runtime.h>
	#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
	#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
	#include <spawn.h>
	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <err.h>
	#include <sys/wait.h>
	#include <sys/stat.h>