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Old 02-26-2010
current line number in shell script
Hi

I am using korn shell is there a built in or ny other way to get the current line number so i can write the current line number to the logfile to aid in debugging like


logmsg $lineno $date

logmsg is a helper function that helps in logging messages to a log file

regards
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Old 02-26-2010
Use the $LINENO variable
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Old 02-26-2010
Hi

wow what a elegant and simple solution thanks for letting me know of this

regards
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Old 02-26-2010
You could just use:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
export PS4='$0 $LINENO >>'
set -x

This prints every line executed and shows the variables and results
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