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Testing a shell script - displaying the commands

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pjb

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May 1, 2001
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Is there a way to show the commands of a shell script as they execute?
 
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sh -x <script> works on AIX and some other flavours

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At the beginning of your script add the following:
set -x

Hope This Helps, PH.
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