set -x for trace mode in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to enable trace mode in a bash script.

Bash Scripting

echo "Starting script"
[1]
echo "This will be traced"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atrace -x

Bset +x

Ctrace on

Dset -x

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set +x' which disables trace mode.

Typing 'trace on' which is not a valid bash command.

The command 'set -x' enables trace mode, showing each command before execution.

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medium

Complete the code to disable trace mode in a bash script.

Bash Scripting

set -x
# some commands
[1]
echo "Trace mode off now"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atrace off

Bset -x

Cset +x

Dset -e

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set -x' again which keeps trace mode on.

Typing 'trace off' which is not a bash command.

The command 'set +x' disables trace mode in bash scripts.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly enable trace mode.

Bash Scripting

echo "Start"
set [1]
echo "Running commands"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-X

B-x

Cx

D+x

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using uppercase '-X' which is invalid.

Using '+x' which disables trace mode.

The correct flag to enable trace mode is '-x' (lowercase x).

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hard

Fill both blanks to enable and then disable trace mode around a command.

Bash Scripting

echo "Before trace"
[1]
echo "Tracing this command"
[2]
echo "After trace"

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aset -x

Bset +x

Cset -e

Dset -v

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'set -e' which stops script on errors.

Using 'set -v' which shows input lines but not commands.

Use 'set -x' to start trace mode and 'set +x' to stop it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to enable trace mode, run a command, and then disable trace mode.

Bash Scripting

[1]
echo "Trace mode is on"
[2]
echo "Trace mode is off"
[3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aset -x

Bls -l

Cset +x

Dpwd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not disabling trace mode after the command.

Running commands before enabling trace mode.

Enable trace mode with 'set -x', run 'ls -l', then disable with 'set +x'.