Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:03:22 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Tony <tony@idk.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to run a shell script but not execute Message-ID: <15238.56634.556417.593462@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <66986334@toto.iv>
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Tony <tony@idk.com> types: > I have a shell script that I want to see what it is gonning execute. > I tried the -n as in the man page. > What I think my problem I do not know how to supply the shell script as > input > > sh -n script > sh -n < script > > both do show anything. I take it you mean "not show anything". Of course not - you didn't ask it to. The debugging output flags are -v and -x. -v echos the input as it is read, which is what you want in this case. -x echos the commands before they are executed. With -n, it does nothing, presumably because no commands are executed. > There must have been something I missed to echo the commands but I cannot > find it. Both -v and -x are listed on the sh man page. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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