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