Unix Shell - shell scripting debugger

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shell scripting debugger

Gary Wessle

2006-09-30, 7:28 pm

Hi
is there a debugger for shell scripts? I am used to gdb for C++ but
not sure if gdb is commonly used for shell scripts.

thanks

Michael Vilain

2006-09-30, 7:28 pm

In article <m3ven55e55.fsf@localhost.localdomain>,
Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi
> is there a debugger for shell scripts? I am used to gdb for C++ but
> not sure if gdb is commonly used for shell scripts.
>
> thanks

I've always used the shell with -xv options. For example:

sh -xv script.sh

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Thorsten Kampe

2006-09-30, 7:28 pm

* Gary Wessle (01 Oct 2006 05:48:54 +1000)
> is there a debugger for shell scripts? I am used to gdb for C++ but
> not sure if gdb is commonly used for shell scripts.

http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/