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Re: [Help-bash] `set -v` difference in () vs not in ()
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Mike McClain |
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Re: [Help-bash] `set -v` difference in () vs not in () |
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Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:43:34 -0700 |
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 08:27:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2018 at 05:32:23PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote:
> > -v Print shell input lines as they are read.
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> Which is almost entirely useless. It doesn't help you debug a script.
> I don't know why people keep trying to use it.
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> I could see it maybe possibly helping Chet debug bash. But not a script.
Hi Greg,
While I don't doubt for a minute that you know what you're talking
about, I don't.
How is this different than an echo ""? The bash version of the
proverbial 'print statement' used by programmers everywhere?
Thanks,
Mike
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