Why gdb casting is not working?

Question

I use print (CEthPacket*) 0xeb609a0 to examine an object at the given address and get A syntax error in expression, near \') 0xeb609a0\'.

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Answer 1

You didn't say on which platform, which version of GDB, or what CEthPacket is.

My first guess is that you should try print (struct CEthPacket *) 0xeb609a0 instead.