Debug mode for running scripts?

[Jan Sneep]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of 
> Nils Kassube
> Sent: June 9, 2007 8:54 AM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Debug mode for running scripts?
> 
> 
> Jan Sneep wrote:
> > Is there some way to run a script in a step-by-step way to 
> see how far
> > the script goes before it runs into an error? Something 
> like a verbose
> > step-by-step option of some kind?
> 
> If you include
> 
> set -o verbose
> 
> to the script it will print every command before execution to 
> standard 
> output.

So I would edit the script file and add that line at the top of the file?

and by standard output you mean the screen or some actual file someplace?