{"record":{"id":"6c277bc1f7592eb1","repo":"NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra","slug":"usage-ghidra-trace-restart-name","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Usage: ghidra trace restart [NAME]","messagePattern":"Usage: ghidra trace restart \\[NAME\\]","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"RuntimeError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-lldb/src/main/py/src/ghidralldb/commands.py","lineNumber":454,"sourceCode":"@convert_errors\ndef ghidra_trace_restart(debugger: lldb.SBDebugger, command: str,\n                         result: lldb.SBCommandReturnObject,\n                         internal_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:\n    \"\"\"Restart or start the Trace in Ghidra.\n\n    Usage: ghidra trace restart [NAME]\n\n    Takes an optional name for the trace. If omitted, it tries to derive the\n    name from the target image.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    args = shlex.split(command)\n    if len(args) == 0:\n        name = compute_name()\n    elif len(args) == 1:\n        name = args[0]\n    else:\n        raise RuntimeError(\"Usage: ghidra trace restart [NAME]\")\n\n    STATE.require_client()\n    if STATE.trace is not None:\n        STATE.trace.close()\n        STATE.reset_trace()\n    start_trace(name)\n\n\n@convert_errors\ndef ghidra_trace_info(debugger: lldb.SBDebugger, command: str,\n                      result: lldb.SBCommandReturnObject,\n                      internal_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:\n    \"\"\"Get info about the Ghidra connection.\n\n    Usage: ghidra trace info\n    \"\"\"\n\n    args = shlex.split(command)","sourceCodeStart":436,"sourceCodeEnd":472,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-lldb/src/main/py/src/ghidralldb/commands.py#L436-L472","documentation":"`ghidra trace restart` accepts 0 or 1 arguments: it closes any existing trace, resets it, then starts a new one with the given or auto-derived name. Two or more tokens abort.","triggerScenarios":"`ghidra trace restart my trace` (unquoted multi-word name); `ghidra trace restart a b`.","commonSituations":"A multi-word trace name not quoted, splitting into too many tokens.","solutions":["Quote multi-word names: `ghidra trace restart \"my trace\"`","Or omit the name to auto-derive it from the target: `ghidra trace restart`"],"exampleFix":"// before\nghidra trace restart my trace\n// after\nghidra trace restart \"my trace\"","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"import shlex\ndef zero_or_one_arg(command: str) -> bool:\n    return len(shlex.split(command)) <= 1","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    ghidra_trace_restart(debugger, command, result, internal_dict)\nexcept RuntimeError as e:\n    if str(e).startswith('Usage: ghidra trace restart'):\n        # quote a multi-word name or drop extra tokens and retry\n        ...\n    raise","preventionTips":["Quote multi-word trace names for restart","Omit the name to auto-derive it","Remember restart closes any existing trace before starting a new one"],"tags":["ghidra","lldb","cli","validation","trace"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d5f144c24d6bc53c9cbf4448c6d11143e7696206","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T01:00:57.564Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-14T05:17:29.042Z"}