> On Jun 11, 2018, at 4:50 PM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 06/11/2018 02:31 PM, Bev in TX wrote: >> >> It’s an option of the builtin set command. >> >> set … >> … When options are specified, they set or unset shell attributes. …. >> -v Print shell input lines as they are read. > > Yeah, that also *kinda* works. That'll print lines as they're read, not as they're executed, so you *do* get the lines before expansion, but you won't get quiet what is expected (I think) if those lines appear in a loop or a function. > _______________________________________________ It may not be perfect, but it helps in many situations. I set a debug flag in my main script (often passed as a script argument, e.g., myscript -d). That flag can be checked in loops and/or passed to functions. If the flag is set I then execute set -x or whichever form is desired. This way I have a form of debugging built into the script at all times, but it has little impact production usage. Bev in TX _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/MOLX5RD7OXTHNU2RJ37DB6KA4PUONJAK/