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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shell script syntax checker Post 53462 by zazzybob on Thursday 15th of July 2004 11:53:19 AM
Old 07-15-2004
If you're using ksh or bash, edit the top of your script to include
set -x

i.e.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
set -x
.
.
.

This will show you expansions, etc, as they happen and may show you where/how the error is occuring

Rereading your post - how about syntax highlighting in vim - it will look screwed if a bracket or quote is missing so will highlight that..... (run vim myscript.sh, then :syntax on)

Cheers
ZB
 

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