One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...

All kinds of things can go wrong with your shell scripts, but they don't have to. Let's look a some debugging tips that can help ensure your scripts run the way you intend. The first step in debugging ...

A recent post about debugging constructs surprised me. There were quite a few comments about how you didn’t need a debugger, as long as you had printf. For that matter, we’ve all debugged systems ...

Last week's post provided some tips and tricks for debugging scripts. This week's provides some even better ones! In last week’s posting, I mentioned the -x and -v options that can be used on the ...

This shows us which file the script is looking for, what command is being run, what message is being sent and who should be receiving the message that is being sent. By interpreting each of your ...

When Apple was touting Automator as part of the OS X 10.4 Tiger upgrade, some people wondered whether AppleScript would be needed anymore. Now that we’ve seen Automator, AppleScript may be needed more ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...