on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:20:27PM +0100, Martin Kacerovsky insinuated: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:47:49PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > by default, a shell script just appears as the script name in a > > list of processes (ps; top), right? how can i make it show each > > command called within the script as it's being executed? > > I don't think so, name of the script is not shown in ps, because > script is only the input file a new shell you execute. And the > commands it runns (e.g. who, ...) are properly displayed. > > Try it. put into file 'test.sh' line 'sleep 10' then chmod +x on > it, and then execute it, in output you will see : the new shell, and > sleep ...
okay, this is cool ... i'd just misunderstood a friend's question. he doesn't even want to run top, he wants to stick in a bunch of echo statements. thanks! </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]