Re: commands within shell script

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:20:27PM +0100, Martin Kacerovsky insinuated:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:47:49PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > by default, a shell script just appears as the script name in a
> > list of processes (ps; top), right?  how can i make it show each
> > command called within the script as it's being executed?
> 
> I don't think so, name of the script is not shown in ps, because
> script is only the input file a new shell you execute.  And the
> commands it runns (e.g. who, ...) are properly displayed.
> 
> Try it.  put into file 'test.sh' line 'sleep 10' then chmod +x on
> it, and then execute it, in output you will see : the new shell, and
> sleep ...

okay, this is cool ... i'd just misunderstood a friend's question.  he
doesn't even want to run top, he wants to stick in a bunch of echo
statements.

thanks!

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