csh script help

Ernie Luzar luzar722 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 14 18:31:52 UTC 2017


Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2017, at 6:47 AM, Ernie Luzar <luzar722 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> To aid in debugging the script I'm writing, I place "echo" commands throughout so I can kind of have a trace of the logic as different conditions are processed. Normally I just delete these "echo" commands after I get the script working.
> 
> Since you've gotten an answer to the question you asked, let me only note that both sh and csh support the -x flag, which causes the shell to echo the commands as it runs.  This is extremely helpful for debugging.
> 
> Regards,

Where is the this -x flag coded at?  Do the executed lines roll fast off 
the screen or can I slowly step through the script a line at a time?

Thanks for this bit of information.


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