Very useful is: PS4='+ ${BASH_SOURCE:-}:${FUNCNAME[0]:-}:L${LINENO:-}: ' When us... | Hacker News

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		graton on March 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bash Debugging Very useful is: `PS4='+ ${BASH_SOURCE:-}:${FUNCNAME[0]:-}:L${LINENO:-}: '` When using `set -x` this makes it so that it shows the filename, function name, and line number. Which in larger Bash scripts can be quite handy in debugging.

e40 on March 2, 2024 [–]

WOW! Thanks! Power user of BASH for a long time and I did not know this.

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