[NTLUG:Discuss] what is ":bad option"?

[Steve Baker]

Cameron wrote:
> 
> * sjbaker1 at airmail.net [2000.07.21 00:26]:
> : Perhaps BASH can do something similar...dunno - I don't really
> : like BASH.
> : --
> : Steve Baker   HomeEmail: <sjbaker1 at airmail.net>
> 
> well, i like bash ;)

So, we've had the language war - now the shell war - all we
need to wrap up the day is the text editor war (vim), the
OS war (Linux - duh!) and the AtariST-versus-Amiga war (Amiga).

  :-)

> ...and it is possible.  either pass "-x" as a
> parameter on the first line like:
> 
>   #!/bin/bash -x
> 
> or use set:
> 
>   set -x
> 
> you can turn it off by:
> 
>   set +x
> 
> hope this helps...

I knew that ... past tense!    :-)

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