gdb print won't print out something readable from my char array

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i have a char buffer[100] and i'm trying to use gdb to read the contents out of it at various stages of runtime.

i use p buffer and i get

"/*\000\000\000\000\000\000????X?o\000\025\202\004\b", '\0' <repeats 12 times>, ".N=?", '\0' <repeats 24 times>, "`\203\004\b\000\000\000\000L\227\004\bX????\202\004\b?\017\204\000\f?\203\000\210???i\205\004\b??r"

how do i get p to convert it into a readable format???

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