How do you capture console output under debug in clion? - c++

Question

I'm using clion to write a console application. If I simply run the program, I can see the results of my cout calls. But if I debug it, no output occurs under the Debug Console tab other than my exe's name and Process finished with exit code 0. Is there an extra step to get console output to show up under debug in clion?
Or is this not even clion specific and is a general thing people who have been using gdb already know about?

Answer 1

According to the JetBrains'post on clion debugger, you can see the debug output by click the "Console" tab, which is next to "Debugger" tab:

Answer 2

GDB manipulates the process of running a program.
An example of GDB session:
% cat hello.c
#include<stdio.h>
main() {
int count;
for (count=0;count<10;count++)
printf("Hello from CETS!\n");
}
% gcc -g hello.c
% gdb ./a.out
GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
GDB 4.13 (sparc-sun-solaris2.3),
Copyright 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x10784: file hello.c, line 6.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home1/b/bozo/./a.out
Breakpoint 1, main () at hello.c:6
6 for (count=0;count<10;count++)
(gdb) s
7 printf("Hello from CETS!\n");
(gdb) p count
$1 = 0
(gdb) disp count
1: count = 0
(gdb) set count=8
(gdb) s
Hello from CETS!
6 for (count=0;count<10;count++)
1: count = 8
(gdb)
7 printf("Hello from CETS!\n");
1: count = 9
(gdb) c
Continuing.
Hello from CETS!
Program exited with code 01.
(gdb) q
%
Content that might be helpful for you:
http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~newhall/unixhelp/howto_gdb.html
http://www.ifp.illinois.edu/~nakazato/tips/xgcc.html#GDB
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/cets/answers/gcc.html