CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bash
jm_
jm_

Reputation: 641

How to keep verbosity when sourcing from a bash script

I need to check the run of a bash script, with a source call, something like:

#!/bin/bash
some code here
source script_b.sh
more code here

I run:

$bash -x script_a.sh

and I get,

+ some echo here
+ script_b.sh
+ some more echo here

But all echoes are from script_a.sh. All the code from script_b.sh is hidden, so I can not trace what is really happening.

Is there any way I can check the execution of script_b.sh within script_a.sh?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3861

Answers (1)

gNU.be
gNU.be

Reputation: 1937

You could try "bash -x script_b.sh" inside of the parent script.

Edit:

This worked for me. If you run the parent script with bash -x you will see everything for both. "set -x" will set the debug flag for the environment...in the script? I'm not sure, and fifo is still magic to me.

echo "start of script"
set -x
mkfifo fifo
cat /dev/null < fifo | fifo > source .bash_profile
rm fifo
echo "end of script"

Upvotes: 3

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