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Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language.

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Delve is a source level debugger for Go programs.

Delve enables you to interact with your program by controlling the execution of the process,
evaluating variables, and providing information of thread / goroutine state, CPU register state and more.

The goal of this tool is to provide a simple yet powerful interface for debugging Go programs.

Pass flags to the program you are debugging using `--`, for example:

`dlv exec ./hello -- server --config conf/config.toml`

Usage:
  dlv [command]

Available Commands:
  attach                       Attach to running process and begin debugging.
  completion                   Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  connect                      Connect to a headless debug server with a terminal client.
  core                         Examine a core dump.
  dap                          Starts a headless TCP server communicating via Debug Adaptor Protocol (DAP).
  debug                        Compile and begin debugging main package in current directory, or the package specified.
  exec                         Execute a precompiled binary, and begin a debug session.
  help                         Help about any command
  test                         Compile test binary and begin debugging program.
  trace                        Compile and begin tracing program.
  version                      Prints version.

Additional help topics:
  dlv backend                      Help about the --backend flag.
  dlv log                          Help about logging flags.
  dlv redirect                     Help about file redirection.

Use "dlv [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.