Method do_invoke

tools/gef.py:8730–8738

(self, _: List[str], **kwargs: Any)

    @parse_arguments({"length": 0}, {("-n", "--n"): 0})
    def do_invoke(self, _: List[str], **kwargs: Any) -> None:
        args : argparse.Namespace = kwargs["arguments"]
        length = args.length or gef.config["pattern.length"]
        n = args.n or gef.arch.ptrsize
        info(f"Generating a pattern of {length:d} bytes (n={n:d})")
        pattern_str = gef_pystring(generate_cyclic_pattern(length, n))
        gef_print(pattern_str)
        ok(f"Saved as '{gef_convenience(pattern_str)}'")
        return


@register