Re: The 'source x' command doesn't keep variables set by x when source output is piped into other command

[Yuri]

Hi Martin,


On 11/13/24 20:40, Martin D Kealey wrote:
> If you need to separate the output of `set -x` from your script's other
> output, consider setting BASH_XTRACEFD:
>
> exec 3>> /path/to/xtrace-logfile.txt
> BASH_XTRACEFD=3
> set -x
> source your_file
> set +x
> exec 3>&-


I didn't know about BASH_XTRACEFD.

In case I'd really need to help users to diagnose their scripts down to 
the line number I'd use it.


Thank you for this very practical and relevant advise.


Yuri