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Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function?

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On 04/09/2013 07:46 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 April 2013 22:33, in comp.os.linux.misc, Todd@invalid.invalid
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I want to echo debugging statements inside a function
>> the returns its value as an echo.  But I do not want
>> the debugging echo to be part of the return echo.  I want
>> the debugging echo to go to the screen instead.
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> abc () {
>>      echo "I want this to go to the screen"
>>      echo "This goes to the return string"
>> }
>> echo "-->$(abc)<--"
>
> To get text to appear on your terminal, no matter where stdout & stderr are
> redirected to, redirect the required output to /dev/tty
>
> As in...
>    #!/bin/bash
>    abc () {
>        echo "I want this to go to the screen" >/dev/tty
>        echo "This goes to the return string"
>    }
>    echo "-->$(abc)<--"
>
> HTH
>

We both figured it out at the same time.  Man that echo
inside a function to debug is a frustrating problem.  :'(

Thank you!

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how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-09 19:33 -0700
  Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2013-04-09 22:46 -0400
    Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-09 19:55 -0700
    Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-04-10 09:12 +0100
      Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-10 11:28 -0700
        Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2013-04-10 16:20 -0400
          Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-12 11:47 -0700
  Re: how to I echo debugging remarks inside a function? Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-09 19:49 -0700

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