A ksh debugger GUI frontend based on awesome kshdb
scripts (kshdb included in package).
This is a SIMPLE kshdb debugger frontend. Useful for learning ksh shell usage and writing simple scripts.
Useful hint: shellcheck extension does a great job with finding common script errors before debugging.
- Download and install newest
ksh
: (https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/shells:ksh:new:latest) - Select Debug -> Add Configuration to add custom debug configuration (drop-down, path-input, etc...)
- Select Debug -> Start Debugging (F5) to start debugging
See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging for general usage.
- Debugging auto-configuration via
launch.json
- Simple debugging in hello world application
- Standard input handling via terminal
- Pause support while script is running
- Advanced "Watch" and "Debug console" usage
- Conditional breakpoints usage
For Windows users:
- Install Windows Subsystem for Linux
- Terminal has problems with spaces in paths when powershell is used, use WSL shell instead. For beta WSL please read this
For macOS users:
- Read here if your mac has
/usr/local/bin/pkill
.
ksh
version93v- 2014-12-24
or latercat
,mkfifo
,rm
,pkill
- Use
terminalKind
@launch.json
set tointegrated
orexternal
for interactive scripts (using stdin) - Currently debugger stops at first command
$0
variable shows path to kshdb- Korn shell sometimes crashes