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<h4 class="subsection">E.13.6 Console I/O</h4>
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<p>By default and if not explicitly closed by the target system, the file
descriptors 0, 1 and 2 are connected to the <small>GDB</small> console.  Output
on the <small>GDB</small> console is handled as any other file output operation
(<code>write(1, &hellip;)</code> or <code>write(2, &hellip;)</code>).  Console input is handled
by <small>GDB</small> so that after the target read request from file descriptor
0 all following typing is buffered until either one of the following
conditions is met:
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<li> The user types <kbd>Ctrl-c</kbd>.  The behaviour is as explained above, and the
<code>read</code>
system call is treated as finished.

</li><li> The user presses <tt class="key">RET</tt>.  This is treated as end of input with a trailing
newline.

</li><li> The user types <kbd>Ctrl-d</kbd>.  This is treated as end of input.  No trailing
character (neither newline nor &lsquo;<samp>Ctrl-D</samp>&rsquo;) is appended to the input.

</li></ul>

<p>If the user has typed more characters than fit in the buffer given to
the <code>read</code> call, the trailing characters are buffered in <small>GDB</small> until
either another <code>read(0, &hellip;)</code> is requested by the target, or debugging
is stopped at the user&rsquo;s request.
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