Running tcl script from command line

[Hopeful22]

Thanks for the guys on my previous question that i have posted. I have a short question this time.

In running regular shell scripts, i can type "sh -x ./(script_name) and can see the script execute all its steps.
Is there an equivalent for my tcl script so that I can execute it and see it go thru each line so I can debug my tcl script?

Thanks in adavance!

 

[AviaTraining]

There isn't any such trace facility available as a command-line option to plain, ol' tclsh. If you're using the expect interpreter, there is:

[tt]expect -c 'strace N' script.tcl[/tt]

where N is the level which you want the trace dig into.

However, there are a variety of tools that you can use for tracing and debugging your Tcl scripts. Now that TclPro is freely available in open source, I highly recommend downloading and using it. It includes both an interactive debugger and a static code syntax checker. You can get it from the Tcl Developer Xchange,

http://tcl.activestate.com

There are many other debugging tools, aids, and tips documented on The Tcler's Wiki at the following page:

http://mini.net/tcl/473.html

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