Revision as of 08:16, 21 December 2011

foo()
{
}

defines a function in bash.

Usecases

Delete linebreaks

cat file | tr '\

' '; ' > newfile

If you want every line to be shown with evaluated values, write the following to the beginning of the script:

set -x

or -xv for verbose

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 = TroubleShooting =
-Use xtrace to get every line of a script shown before the line is executed.
 If you want every line to be shown with evaluated values, write the following to the beginning of the script:
   set -x
 or -xv for verbose