Re: bash script fails conditional test

[Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, Stephen Harris <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 09:40:29PM -0400, Tim Dunphy wrote:
> > Good tip! But I ran the script with sh +x . I guess that running it with sh
> 
> You should use "bash -x"  ("bash" and not "sh" because sh may not be bash
> everywhere; eg Ubuntu; "-x" and not "+x" because "-x" means "turn on debug"
> but "+x" means "turn _off_ debug")

Unless you have specific bashisms (which I don't think the original did,
and you should mostly avoid in scripts), sh -x will be fine.

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Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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