How to display memory zones content on IDA Pro?

Question

This is a very naive question about IDA Pro. Once the IDA debugger started, I would like to be able to type a memory address (or a memory zone) and look easily at the content of it (in various format). With gdb you would do print /x *0x80456ef or, if you want a wider zone, x /6x 0x80456ef.

So, what is the best way to display the memory content from the IDA debugger ?

Answer 1

In IDAPython (documentation) you can do something like this to print a byte/word/double word:

Dword(0x80456ef)
Word(0x80456ef)
Byte(0x80456ef)

Or, to print an arbitrary number of bytes:

for b in GetManyBytes(0x40138E, 10):
    print "%X" % ord(b)

If running in the debugger, call it like this:

GetManyBytes(0x40138E, 10, True)

Answer 2

You can also position your cursor in one of the code, hex-view, or stack view windows, and press 'g' to bring up the "jump to address" dialog.