On 03/19/2012 08:54 PM, Lane Schwartz wrote: > Hi, > > If I have a file that contains a bash script, is there any > straightforward way of determining whether that script can be parsed > successfully as a Bash script, without actually running the file? > Yes: the "-n" option. Simple examples:
$ echo 'if :; then echo not seen; fi' | bash -n; echo status: $? status: 0 $ echo 'if :; then echo not seen' | bash -n; echo status: $? bash: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file status: 2 The bash manual should provide more details. HTH, Stefano
