shopt -s extdebug callstack(){ deep=${#BASH_ARGV[*]} echo "deep $deep" i=0 for ff in ${BASH_ARGV[@]} do echo "$i $ff" i=$(($i+1)) done } f3() { echo $FUNCNAME: calling callstack callstack echo FUNCNAME stack: ${FUNCNAME[@]} caller 0 echo $FUNCNAME: returning } f2() { echo $FUNCNAME: calling f3 f3 3 z echo $FUNCNAME: return from f3 } f1() { echo $FUNCNAME: calling f2 f2 2 y echo $FUNCNAME: return from f2 } echo main: calling f1 f1 1 x echo main: f1 returns