[TynesideLUG] Checking configuration files for errors

Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntlett at gmail.com
Sun Dec 18 14:55:20 UTC 2022


Hi,

This page is quite enlightening:-
https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/check-unix-linux-configuration-file-for-syntax-errors.html

I particularly liked the option to get bash to check the syntax of a shell
script without executing it:-
$ bash -n ./myscript

BW,


Ian

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