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Thu, 17 November 2005 08:23

alka205
Messages: 18
Registered: August 2005

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What do set -x do on unix script. Where do I add it?

Thanks

Thu, 17 November 2005 08:43

Frank Naude
Messages: 4596
Registered: April 1998

Senior Member

Do a "man ksh":

set -x:

-x Prints executed commands and their arguments.

Example:

$ set -x
$ ls
+ ls

Very handy for tracing shell scripts.

Best regards.

Frank

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