OutputWindow

Description

Display the output window if hidden. The Output window appears at the bottom of IDA's interface by default and serves two key purposes:

• Displays various IDA messages and notifications.

• Provides a command line interface (CLI) for executing IDC or IDAPython commands.

Output window

If closed, you can reopen it via Windows -> Output window.

Context Menu Options

Right-click in the Output window to access these options:

• Select All: Selects all content in the window

• Find/Find next: Searches for a specific string

• Clear: Removes all previous messages from the window

• Copy to CLI: Places selected text into CLI field

• Save to file: Exports window content to a .log file

• Show timestamps: Displays time information with each message

• Font...: Customizes the text appearance (font, style, size)

You can duplicate all messages appearing in this window to a file. To do this, you have to define an environment variable before starting IDA:

set IDALOG=logfile

Command Line Providers

Currently, the following command line providers exist:

• IDC

• Python

• Bochs debugger

• WinDbg debugger

• GDB debugger

Command-line

When these plugins are active, they will process the entered commands. The current command language can be changed by clicking the button to the left of the input field. The current language can be set as default by choosing "Default CLI" from the context menu of the command line.

The command-line input field can be activated by pressing ., while Esc switches back to the previous window.