# SET command

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/set-command/352856>\
**Category:** UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [May 22, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/set-command/352856 "2015-05-22T07:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nandy](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/nandy/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@Nandy](https://community.unix.com/u/Nandy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/set-command/352856/1 "2015-05-22T07:57:44Z")

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Hi Friends,

There is an command that,

```nohighlight
SET -x

```

I am confused with the `SET` command , i have gone through man page but still.

could anyone advise the same and necessity of the `SET` command ?

Regards,  
Nantha.

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**Author:** ![cero](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/cero/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@cero](https://community.unix.com/u/cero)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/set-command/352856/2 "2015-05-22T08:11:33Z")

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All shells I worked with are case sensitive. There is no command `SET` , but `set -x` is usually used to debug scripts. You see the commands that are executed and the actual values of the variables.

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**Author:** ![bakunin](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/bakunin/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@bakunin](https://community.unix.com/u/bakunin)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/set-command/352856/3 "2015-05-24T02:26:25Z")

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This has nothing to do with AIX, moving the thread.

bakunin