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Old 05-08-2007
useless command
Hi, I came across with this line "set -x" in the beginning of a script, but i can't find one logic reason for this... should be something else after, i think.... anyone can help?
tanx
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Old 05-08-2007
-x Print commands and their arguments as they are exe-
cuted.
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Old 05-08-2007
set -x
Used for debugging can be useful in a loop if you put a read stty in the loop it waits for input in each iteration and you can look at your variables.
 
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