'sh -n' will syntax-check a script without actually executing any of the commands.
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 04:55:49PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > What's a good way to debug /bin/sh scripts? I thought there > was an interpreter option which would run the code line by > line, prompting after each line, but I looked through the > man/info pages and found nothing, or am I blind? I already > know about sh -x and sh -v, but these by themselves are still > a bit rough to use. If I get a good tip here I may never have > to write C code again ;) > -chris -- ------------------------------------------------------ | THKS :&> | Federated Insurance | | Jeff Howie | Information Systems - P&C | | Int Programmer/Analyst | 204.786.6431.x.217 | ------------------------------------------------------