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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Exit if anything fails
+set -e
+
+which nim > /dev/null || (echo "nim not in PATH"; exit 1)
+which gdb > /dev/null || (echo "gdb not in PATH"; exit 1)
+which readlink > /dev/null || (echo "readlink not in PATH."; exit 1)
+
+if [[ $(uname -s) == Darwin || $(uname -s) == *BSD ]]; then
+  NIM_SYSROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -f $(which nim))))
+else
+  NIM_SYSROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink -e $(which nim))))
+fi
+
+# Find out where the pretty printer Python module is
+GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH="$NIM_SYSROOT/tools/debug/nim-gdb.py"
+
+# Run GDB with the additional arguments that load the pretty printers
+# Set the environment variable `NIM_GDB` to overwrite the call to a
+# different/specific command (defaults to `gdb`).
+NIM_GDB="${NIM_GDB:-gdb}"
+# exec replaces the new process of bash with gdb. It is always good to
+# have fewer processes.
+exec "${NIM_GDB}" -eval-command="source $GDB_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH" "$@"