Re: [Help-bash] Why won't set -v work?

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/15/12 1:00 PM, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> I thought I understood about set -v, but apparently I still don't.
> 
> How would I turn set -v on for the first case within a case statement, and
> off for the rest? I tried everything I could think of and nothing works.
> Turning it on before the case turns it on and nothing I tried will turn it 
> off.

You can't.  Bash always reads a complete command before executing any of
it.  Are you sure you're not looking for set -x?

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