~ $ logf=$HOME/alog1 ; run1() { printf '%(%F+%T%z)T %s' -1 "$1" >>"$logf" ;
(( $# > 1 )) && printf \ %s "${@:2}" >>"$logf" ; "$@" ; >>"$logf" printf
\\n ; } ; run1 echo foo ; cat "$logf"
foo
2024-06-12+22:51:31+0200 echo foo
~ $On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 10:26 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 07:31:13PM +0200, Angelo Borsotti wrote: > > "set -x" makes the ensuing commands be printed, but prefixed > > with "+ ", which makes the result look ugly, not to mention that > > the following "set +x" is echoed too (there are hacks to suppress > > the "set +x" output, but they are just hacks). > > If all you want is to remove the "+ ", you can simply set the PS4 > variable to an empty string. > > > set -o log > > cat tmp >tmp1 # or any other command > > set -o nolog > > > > producing the output on the console > > > > cat tmp >tmp1 > > If you want to retain redirections in the -x output, that's a whole > different issue. There is currently no way to do that. Chet would > have to implement something. > >
