How to get pid of current debugged process in gdb?

Question

Inside gdb, which command will provide the pid of the process to be debugged?

Most google results only discuss how to connect gdb to the process when we recognize pid.

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c ++ linux gdb

merlin2011 Apr 18 '16 at 21:05

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Tom tromey · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18T21:07:47+0000

One easy way is info inferior . Here I am debugging gdb with myself, and this command shows the PID debuggee:

 (top-gdb) info inferior Num Description Executable * 1 process 14068 /home/tromey/gdb/build/gdb/gdb

You can also just call the regular C function:

 (top-gdb) print getpid() $3 = 14068