[TriLUG] Bash script question: newbie alert

[jason at monsterjam.org]

instead of 
#!/bin/bash

use

#!/bin/bash -x

Jason

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 02:48:06PM -0400, Carl Crider wrote:
> i've created  a shell script that installs all of my favorite applications,
> plug-ins, multimedia tools, etc. for fresh ubuntu 7.04 installs.
> 
> the script runs, but here's the question:
> 
> how can i get it to run in the foreground, where i can see it working?
> 
> as soon as i run it [sudo ./scriptname.sh], it goes back to a prompt. the
> only
> clue i have that it is running is by testing that everything was installed
> correctly. happily, it was all installed. but i would like to add something
> to the script to make it run in an open terminal, if possible.
> 
> thanks for any help.
> 
> carl
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