Echo command, and then run it? (Like make)

Question

Is there some way to get bash into a sort of verbose mode where, such that, when it\'s running a shell script, it echoes out the command it\'s going to run before running it? T

Answer 1

You could make your own function to echo commands before calling eval.

Bash also has a debugging feature. Once you set -x bash will display each command before executing it.

cnicutar@shell:~/dir$ set -x
cnicutar@shell:~/dir$ ls
+ ls --color=auto
a  b  c  d  e  f