In zsh function, how to echo a command
shell, zsh
Solution
`setopt verbose`
Put that wherever you want to start echoing commands as they are run, and when you don't want that behavior, use
`unsetopt verbose`
P.S. I realize this thread is too old to answer the original questioner, but wanted to help anyone who runs across this question in the future.
Problem
Related to this question on shell scripts and echoing command: In a shell script: echo shell commands as they are executed I'd like to do something like this: ``` foo() { cmd='ls -lt | head' echo $cmd eval ${cmd} } ``` I tried this: ``` foo2() { set -x ls -lt | head set +x } ``` but that generates this extra ouput ``` +foo2:2> ls -G -lt +foo2:2> head total 136 drwxr-xr-x 18 justin staff 612 Nov 19 10:10 spec +foo2:3> set +x ``` Is there any more elegant way to do this in a zsh function? I'd like to do something like this: ``` foo() { cmd='ls -lt | head' eval -x ${cmd} } ``` and just echo the cmd being run (maybe with expansion of aliases).