M thought/recover-lost-text-by-coredumping-firefox.html → thought/recover-lost-text-by-coredumping-firefox.html

@@ -49,22 +49,19 @@ 
 2. attach gdb to firefox and dump its core
 
   sudo gdb -p <pid>
+  gcore firefox.dump
+  <this takes awhile>
+  exit
 
 3. find your lost text in the coredump
 
   strings firefox.dump | grep 'phrase-from-your-text'
 
-4. disconnect gbd
-
-  detach # this detach prevents firefox from dying
-         # when you type "exit"
-  exit
-
-5. remove coredump
+4. remove coredump
 
   rm firefox.dump
 
-and that's it! you recovered your text.
+that's it! text recovered. 😎
 
 shoutout to klardotsh[1] for inspiring me to post this.