How to Debug Bash with VS Code
Summary
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
Instruction
MacOS
brew install bash
Linux(Ubuntu 20.04)
no additional installation
Windows
- install wsl Ubuntu20.04
- see Linux instruction
debugging executable file
- Program: bubble_sort.sh
launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Bash-Debug (hardcoded script name)",
"type": "bashdb",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${workspaceRoot}/bubbleSort.sh",
"commandLineArguments": "4 3 2 1"
}
]
}