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Is it possible to debug a bash script using a debugger in attached mode? For debugging scripts on the host machine and scripts inside a docker container? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was able to setup a debugger using a launch mode using Visual Studio Code with the Bash Debug extension. Is it possible to setup the debugger in VSCode to be able to debug a bash script using a attach debug mode?

For debugging scripts on the host machine and scripts inside a docker container?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Bash is an interpreted language, so you don't really need a fancy debugger. You can just add an exit or suspend in the middle of the code to act as a breakpoint, or manually run the code one line at a time if you want to step through it.