DLV-ATTACH(1)

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💖 DLV-ATTACH(1) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the General Commands Manual and it's literally about dlv-attach — the Delve subcommand that lets you roll up on a process that's already out there living its life and be like "hey girl, I'm debugging you now" 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dlv-attach — attach to a running process and begin debugging, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dlv attach pid [executable] [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the whole vibe here is: you've got a process that is already running, and you want to attach to it and start debugging it. That's it. That's the job.

This command makes Delve take control of an already running process and spin up a brand new debug session. 👑

And here's the part that's giving main character energy: when you exit the debug session, you get a choice. You can either let the process keep on keeping on, or you can kill it. Your call, bestie. Choose wisely. 😭

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --continue[=false] — continue the debugged process on start. like, don't pause it, let it cook ✨
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for attach, obviously 🙈
  • --waitfor="" — wait for a process whose name begins with this prefix. so you can be like "I'll wait for my lil guy to show up" 💖
  • --waitfor-duration=0 — total time to wait for a process. like how long you're willing to stand outside the club ⏳
  • --waitfor-interval=1 — interval between checks of the process list, in millisecond. she's checking the door every millisecond, iconic behavior 🎀

👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

these are the ones you didn't pick out yourself but your parent command said "you're wearing this, it's already in your closet" 🌈

  • --accept-multiclient[=false] — allows a headless server to accept multiple client connections via JSON-RPC or DAP. yes she's polyamorous with her connections 💜
  • --allow-non-terminal-interactive[=false] — allows interactive sessions of Delve that don't have a terminal as stdin, stdout and stderr. she works from home sometimes 🏠
  • --api-version=2 — selects JSON-RPC API version when headless. The only valid value is 2. Can be reset via RPCServer.SetApiVersion. See Documentation/api/json-rpc/README.md. only 2, bestie, don't get creative 💀
  • --backend="default" — backend selection (see 'dlv help backend'). 🧚
  • --build-flags="" — build flags, to be passed to the compiler. For example: --build-flags="-tags=integration -mod=vendor -cover -v" 🔥
  • --check-go-version[=true] — exits if the version of Go in use is not compatible (too old or too new) with the version of Delve. she's a gatekeeper and honestly? fair ⭐
  • --disable-aslr[=false] — disables address space randomization. 🎀
  • --headless[=false] — run debug server only, in headless mode. Server will accept both JSON-RPC or DAP client connections. no head, all server, ghost mode fr fr 👻
  • --init="" — init file, executed by the terminal client. 🌸
  • -l, --listen="127.0.0.1:0" — debugging server listen address. Prefix with 'unix:' to use a unix domain socket. 🦋
  • --log[=false] — enable debugging server logging. 🍓
  • --log-dest="" — writes logs to the specified file or file descriptor (see 'dlv help log'). 💖
  • --log-output="" — comma separated list of components that should produce debug output (see 'dlv help log'). 💜
  • --only-same-user[=true] — only connections from the same user that started this instance of Delve are allowed to connect. stranger danger, we don't know her 🚫
  • -r, --redirect=[] — specifies redirect rules for target process (see 'dlv help redirect'). 🌈
  • --wd="" — working directory for running the program. she needs a home 🏡

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🫶 auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026 — mwah, periodt 💅✨

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