Re: [PLUG] Easy Bash Scripting Question

[Matt Mossholder <matt@mossholder.com>]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:

I've written a bash script and I find that the commands don't normally echo to
the screen, so I can't follow along with the script.

for example:

#!/bin/bash
cp file1 file2
mkdir /directory1
cd /directory1
rm *
cd ..






I'd like to know when the script is copying files, and when it is erasing files.

I could add echo statements, but it would be much simpler if the actual bash
commands simply echoed to the screen.

Is there a simple way to do this?


TIA JP!

Add "-x" after your bash command-line at the top of the script. This will make it echo each statement as it is run.

-- 
     --Matt

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