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Is there some option I can give to just check the syntax of a [bash] shell script to check the syntax of it, but not actually execute anything nor cause any potential damage?

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From the bash(1) man page:

-n      Read commands but do not execute them. This may be used to check a
        shell script for syntax errors. This is ignored by interactive shells.
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Obviously. I don’t know why I was so blind that I couldn’t see this when I was through the manual pages. – Aeyoun May 25 '11 at 21:34

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