f00.sh -x is how you debug bash scripts. On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
> I do not have any good debugging tools for bash, although I guess they > exist. A most annoying part of bash is an error on line 3 is reported > as an error on the last line of the file. Not much help. This is why, > when I work with a large bash script, I only modify one line or two > lines at a time before I test it. > > This syntax thing works for other languages, like html. > > To see what else is available, in vi(m): > :help syntax > > Joel > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 05:04:35PM -0700, Ted Ozolins wrote: > > Joel Hammer wrote: > > > You are missing an ending quote in line 18. > > > > > > Now, you might ask, how did I find this? > > > vi .profile > > > :set syntax=sh > > > :syntax on > > > > > > Joel > > Dang! I like the way that works. Definately entered in my notes, Thank you. > > > > -- > > Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) > > Westbank, B. C. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
