Re: [tlug] displaying executed commands in shell scripts

[Al Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 01:47:48PM +0900, Dave Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 01:43:17PM +0900, Hector Akamine wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there any way to make the shell console display the commands
> > executed when a shell script is invoked? For example, if I write a
> > shell script that contains the command "ls" and I run it, only the
> > output of the command (in this case the current directory's files) is
> > displayed on the console window, but not the invoked command ("ls"), I
> > would like the latter displayed too.
> 
> An easy one!
> 
> Just run the script with "sh -x script" to turn on the running
> commentary.

    If your sh isn't bash (Yes Ubuntu I'm talking about you) and your script is
full of bash-isms remember to use 'bash -x'.  Or be noble and try to write truly
portable POSIX-loving bourne shell compliant stuff.

Alain