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19 <h3 class="section"><small>GDB/MI</small> Compatibility with CLI</h3>
21 <p>To help users familiar with GDB's existing CLI interface, <small>GDB/MI</small>
22 accepts existing CLI commands. As specified by the syntax, such
23 commands can be directly entered into the <small>GDB/MI</small> interface and GDB will
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26 <p>This mechanism is provided as an aid to developers of <small>GDB/MI</small>
27 clients and not as a reliable interface into the CLI. Since the command
28 is being interpreteted in an environment that assumes <small>GDB/MI</small>
29 behaviour, the exact output of such commands is likely to end up being
30 an un-supported hybrid of <small>GDB/MI</small> and CLI output.
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