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re-direct to log file

Code:

#!/bin/ksh -x

cd /tmp/tj

ftp -n servername.com << DONE
user username password
as
put test.log
quit
close
DONE

echo "testing..."

sh -x scriptname, and it shows all, but username, as, put, quit, close, DONE.

how can i see those ?

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You can't by this method.
"sh -x" just shows the commands. In this case "ftp" is a command and the contents of the "here" document is data.

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