bash

title	How to Debug Bash with VSCode
permalink	/bash/

How to Debug Bash with VSCode

Summary

• Basic
• Spec
• Instraction
• debugging executable file

Basic

• GNU Bash
• Extension: Bash Debug
• Debugger: bashdb
• module code: bubble_sort.sh

Spec

• OS
  • ✅ MacOS
  • Windows
  • ✅ Linux
• Break Point
  • ✅ break point
  • ❌ condition break point : able to set, but not working
  • ❌ function breakpoint
• Step Execution
  • ✅ Step Over
  • ✅ Step Into
  • ✅ Step Out
  • ✅ Continue
  • ❌ Step Back
  • ❌ Move To
  • ❌ Pause
• Variables
  • ✅ variables views
  • ✅ watch variables
• Call Stack
  • ✅ call stack
• Evaluation
  • ✅ eval expression to show variables
  • ✅ eval expression to change variables
• Type of Execution
  • ✅ debug executable package
  • ❌ remote debugging

Instraction

1. Install bashdb
   • MacOS: brew install bashdb
   • Ubuntu: apt install bashdb

debugging executable file

• Program: bubble_sort.sh

launch.json

{
	"version": "0.2.0",
	"configurations": [
		{
			"name": "Bash-Debug (hardcoded script name)",
			"type": "bashdb",
			"request": "launch",
			"scriptPath": "${workspaceRoot}/bubbleSort.sh",
			"commandLineArguments": "4 3 2 1",
			"windows": {
				"bashPath": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\bash.exe"
			},
			"linux": {
				"bashPath": "bash"
			},
			"osx": {
				"bashPath": "bash"
			}
		}
	]
}