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Asked: 2026-06-01T00:37:56+00:00

I put together a bunch of alias commands in a folder. Mainly ssh, so

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I put together a bunch of alias commands in a folder. Mainly ssh, so instead of having to type…

ssh [user]@[server]

…ten times a day, I can just type…

server

…and the alias script fires. The script is simply the command…

ssh [user]@[server]

This is all working fine, but I was wondering if there was a way in Bash where instead of firing the ssh command quietly, it would display the command that is being executed?

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    You can debug the script with -x, which will echo the commands and arguments.

    bash -x script.sh

    You can do this for specific portions of the file, too (from section 2.3.2 linked above):

    set -x          # activate debugging from here
ssh user@example.com ...
set +x          # stop debugging from here

    The output from -x might be a bit too verbose for what you’re looking for, though, since it’s meant for debugging (and not logging).

    You might be better off just writing out your own echo statements – that’d give you full control over the output.

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