ida-vs-r2-vs-gdb.md

Command	IDA Pro	radare2	r2 (visual mode)	GDB	WinDbg
Analysis
Analysis of everything	Automatically launched when opening a binary	aaa or -A (aaaa or -AA for even experimental analysis)	N_A	N_A	N/A
Navigation
xref to	x	axt	x	N_A	N_A
xref from	ctrl + j	axf	X	N_A	N_A
xref to graph	?	agt [offset]	?	N_A	N_A
xref from graph	?	agf [offset]	?	N_A	N_A
list functions	alt + 1	afl;is	t	N_A	N_A
listing	alt + 2	pdf	p	N_A	N_A
hex mode	alt + 3	pxa	P	N_A	N_A
imports	alt + 6	ii	:ii	N_A	N_A
exports	alt + 7	is~FUNC	?	N_A	N_A
follow jmp_call	enter	s offset	enter or 0-9	N_A	N/A
undo seek	esc	s-	u	N_A	N_A
redo seek	ctrl+enter	s+	U	N_A	N_A
show graph	space	agv	V	N_A	N_A
Edit
rename	n	afn	dr	N_A	N_A
graph view	space	agv	V	N_A	N_A
define as data	d	Cd [size]	"dd,db,dw,dW"	N_A	N_A
define as code	c	C- [size]	d- or du	N_A	N_A
define as undefined	u	C- [size]	d- or du	N_A	N_A
define as string	A	Cs [size]	ds	N_A	N_A
define as struct	Alt+Q	Cf [size]	dF	N_A	N_A
Debugger
Start Process/ Continue execution	F9	dc	F9	r and c	g
Terminate Process	Ctrl+F2	dk 9	?	kill	q
Detach	?	o-	?	detach
step into	F7	ds	s	n
step into 4 instructions	?	ds 4	F7	n 4
step over	F8	dso	S	s
step until a specific address	?	dsu	?	s
Run until return	Ctrl+F7	dcr	?	finish
Run until cursor	F4	#249	#249	N_A	N_A
Show Backtrace	?	dbt	?	bt
display Register	On register Windows	dr all	Shown in Visual mode	info registers
display eax	On register Windows	dr?eax	Shown in Visual mode	info registers eax
display old state of all registers	?	dro	?	?	?
display function addr + N	?	afi $$ - display function information of current offset ($$)	?	?	?
display frame state	?	pxw rbp-rsp@rsp	?	i f	?
How to step until condition is true	?	dsi	?	?	?
Update a register value	?	dr rip=0x456	?	set $rip=0x456	?
Disassembly
disassembly forward	N/A	pd	Vp	disas	"uf, u"
disassembly N instructions	N_A	pd X	Vp	x_i
disassembly N (backward)	N/A	pd -X	Vp	disas	ub
Information on the bin
Sections_regions	Menu sections	iS or S(append j for json)	N_A	maint info sections	!address
Load symbol file
Sections_regions	pdb menu	"asm.dwarf.file, pdb.XX)"	N_A	add-symbol-file	r
BackTrace
Stack Trace	N_A	dbt	N_A	bt	k
Stack Trace in Json	N_A	dbtj	N_A
Partial Backtrace (innermost)	N_A	dbt(dbg.btdepthdbg.btalgo)	N_A	bt	k
Partial Backtrace (outermost)	N_A	dbt(dbg.btdepthdbg.btalgo)	N_A	bt -
Stacktrace for all threads	N_A	dbt@t	N_A	thread apply all bt	~*
Breakpoints
Breakpoint list	Ctrl+Alt+B	db	?	info breakpoints
add breakpoint	F2	db [offset]	F2	break	bp
Threads
Switch to thread	Thread menu	dp	N/A	thread	~s
Frames
Frame Numbers	N_A	?	N_A	any bt command	kn
Select Frame	N_A	?	N_A	frame	.frame
Parameters/Locals
Display parameters	N_A	afv	N_A	info args	dv /t /i /V
Display parameters	N_A	afv	N_A	info locals	dv /t /i /V
Display parameters_locals in json	N_A	afvj	N/A	info locals	dv /t /i /V
list addresses where vars are accessed(R_W)	N_A	afvR_afvW	N_A	?	?
Project Related
open project		Po [file]		?
save project	automatic	Ps [file]		?
show project informations		Pi [file]		?
Miscellaneous
Dump byte char array	N_A	"pc? (json, C, char, etc.)"	Vpppp	x_bc	db
options	option menu	e?	e
search	search menu	/?	Select the zone with the cursor cthen /