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Re: set -x vs. n=($@)


From: alex xmb ratchev
Subject: Re: set -x vs. n=($@)
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 20:58:15 +0200

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 20:57 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 03, 2023 at 08:39:25PM +0200, alex xmb ratchev wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 12:08 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> >
> > > It's not fair:
> > > set -x a b c
> > >
> >
> > you may want -v
>
> *Sigh* No.  set -v shows lines as they are being READ by the shell.
> set -x shows commands as they are being EXECUTED.
>
> set -v is almost never useful.  It's especially unlikely to be useful
> in any script that uses functions or loops, as it only shows the function
> or the loop being READ, not being EXECUTED.
>

sorry ye , i had success with ' : $vars .. ' but thats not so good for var
assign

peace

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