What Is Debug Mode in Linux?

How do I enable debugging in Linux?

Linux Agent – Enable Debug mode

1. # Enable Debug mode (comment or remove debug line to disable) Debug=1. Now restart the CDP Host Agent module:
2. /etc/init.d/cdp-agent restart. To test this you can ‘tail’ the CDP Agent log file to see the new [Debug] lines that are added to the logs.
3. tail /usr/sbin/r1soft/log/cdp.log.

How do I debug a Linux script?

Bash shell offers debugging options which can be turn on or off using the set command:

1. set -x : Display commands and their arguments as they are executed.
2. set -v : Display shell input lines as they are read.