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		anthk on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Techniques I use to create a great user experience... A tip: `sh -x $SCRIPT` shows a debugging trace on the script in a verbose way, it's unvaluable on errors. You can use it as a shebang too: `#!/bin/sh -x`

olejorgenb on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

Thanks! I've always edited the script adding a `set -x` at the top. Never occurred to me that I the shell of course had a similar startup flag.

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