Capture complicated script command output

[thedaver]

I am trying to debug a complicated bash script.
Rather than run the script, I'd like to have its commands sent to a text file where I can view them. Any ideas on how this is done? I've messed with 2>&1 1>file.txt but that's redirecting the output of commands. I need to actually capture the commands that are run and save those.

EXAMPLE:
#!/bin/sh
ls
date
---end file----
I want to capture as output
"ls
date"

not the actualy 'ls' and 'date' output.

Thx.

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[KenCunningham]

Have you tried using the -v option to the shell. This apparently (though I've never used it) prints shell input lines as they are read. HTH.

 

[thedaver]

RTFM results in adding
"set -x" as the first line in the file.
Now the commands themselves are printed as
+ ls
[ls command output]
+ date
[date command output]

thanks for helping!

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[LGTObug]

try setting "bash +x" & "bash -x", this shoud be what ya need.

rgd's