On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, Peter Meyer wrote: > Hi Robert: > > Are you looking for something like: > $ bash -vx {bash script} no, what i was describing was a helper function that would print any collection of variables passed to it properly, distinguishing between regular vars, arrays and associative arrays. i think i nailed it down, it's here for anyone who wants to play: https://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shell_dump_function rday To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org