How Do I View a Shell Script in Unix?
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How do I view a shell script in Linux?

There are many ways to display a text file in a shell script. You can simply use the cat command and display back output on screen. Another option is to read a text file line by line and display back the output. In some cases you may need to store output to a variable and later display back on screen.

How can I see the output of a shell script?

Shell tracing simply means tracing the execution of the commands in a shell script. To switch on shell tracing, use the -x debugging option. This directs the shell to display all commands and their arguments on the terminal as they are executed.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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