# Output to the screen?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-the-screen/112540>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-the-screen/112540 "2007-08-20T19:32:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dust)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/output-to-the-screen/112540/1 "2007-08-20T19:32:23Z")

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I was wonder if its possible to print the command to the screen so you  
see what it thinks it’s supposed to do. By that i mean sort of printing  
out the variables as they are stepping. For example do puts: : then execute As a sort of very simple  
de-bugging process.???  
Any one know how?