source is a shell keyword that is supposed to be used like this: source file where file contains valid shell commands. These shell commands will be executed in the current shell as if typed from …

Using source on dash does not work, only . works. My test with source with bash in POSIX mode worked, though maybe this is due to my version or compilation flags.

2 source is there for readability and self-documentation, . exists because it is quick to type. The commands are identical. Perl has long and short versions of many of its control variables for …

Jul 30, 2020 · I've read that BASH_SOURCE should be populated with the name of the executing script (and it works!). But why does BASH_SOURCE hold the name of the executing script, …

Feb 27, 2019 · The original sh sourced .profile on startup. bash will try to source .bash_profile first, but if that doesn't exist, it will source .profile. Note that if bash is started as sh (e.g. /bin/sh …

Sep 1, 2018 · When I added a vim plugin, VimAwesome document said that :source %. What does this mean? I'd like to understand % meaning.

Apr 20, 2017 · I think I read something a while back about this, but I can't remember how it's done. Essentially, I have a service in /etc/init.d which I'd like to start automatically at boot time. …

Oct 14, 2017 · When I try to use source from the cron job (I have tried both directly in crontab and in a script called by crontab) it doesn't seem to work. I made a simplified version of my project …

What is the difference between sourcing ('.' or 'source') and executing a file in bash? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 11 months ago Modified 4 years, 3 months ago

A dangerous one-liner that doesn't require source: export $(xargs <file) It can't handle comments, frequently used in environment files It can't handle values with whitespace, like in the question …