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 - <h3 class="section">4.3 Your Program’s Arguments</h3>
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 - <p>The arguments to your program can be specified by the arguments of the
 - <code>run</code> command.
 - They are passed to a shell, which expands wildcard characters and
 - performs redirection of I/O, and thence to your program.  Your
 - <code>SHELL</code> environment variable (if it exists) specifies what shell
 - <small>GDB</small> uses.  If you do not define <code>SHELL</code>, <small>GDB</small> uses
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 - <p><code>run</code> with no arguments uses the same arguments used by the previous
 - <code>run</code>, or those set by the <code>set args</code> command.
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 - <dt><code>set args</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Specify the arguments to be used the next time your program is run.  If
 - <code>set args</code> has no arguments, <code>run</code> executes your program
 - with no arguments.  Once you have run your program with arguments,
 - using <code>set args</code> before the next <code>run</code> is the only way to run
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