https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/checking-the-shell-script-syntax-without-running-it/m-p/2579749#M31647 Hi:<BR /><BR /># sh -n your_script<BR /><BR />...will report syntax errors (if any) but not execute the <YOUR_SCRIPT></YOUR_SCRIPT><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:47:22 GMT James R. Ferguson 2001-09-14T16:47:22Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/checking-the-shell-script-syntax-without-running-it/m-p/2579748#M31646 I would like to know if it is possible to verify the shell script syntax without actually running it?<BR />The man pages for ksh or sh-posix suggest an option "noexec" or "set -n" that can be used to do exactly the same. I tried this without success and it appears to me that noexec and interactive option do not go together<BR />Thanks for your help in advance. Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:36:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/checking-the-shell-script-syntax-without-running-it/m-p/2579748#M31646 sav041329 2001-09-14T16:36:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/checking-the-shell-script-syntax-without-running-it/m-p/2579749#M31647 Hi:<BR /><BR /># sh -n your_script<BR /><BR />...will report syntax errors (if any) but not execute the <YOUR_SCRIPT></YOUR_SCRIPT><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:47:22 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/checking-the-shell-script-syntax-without-running-it/m-p/2579749#M31647 James R. Ferguson 2001-09-14T16:47:22Z