Re: [PLUG] Easy Bash Scripting Question

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 07:52:25AM -0500, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> 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.

You can also use "set -x" and "set +x" to turn echoing on and off in
the middle of your script.

Walt

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