Sep 27, 2016 · When the script is done, any changes that it made to the environment are discarded. . script The above sources the script. It is as if the commands had been typed in directly. Any …

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 the …

You have an alias which is overriding the builtin source (fix with unalias source) You have a function which is overriding source (fix with unset -f source) You are somehow not using bash (although your …

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 the …

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, when it is …

We are intermittently seeing kernel: martian source log entries for eth0 on a couple of our servers. The interesting thing is that they are to and from the same IP. For instance: Nov 4 02:20:27

Mar 17, 2018 · I accidentally sourced the wrong environment from a script. Is there any way to 'unsource' it or in other words to revert it and restore the previous environment? The obvious answer …

What is the difference between sourcing ('.' or 'source') and executing a file in bash? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 4 months ago Modified 4 years, 9 months ago

Jun 21, 2016 · However, when you source something, it is run in your current shell which, because it is interactive, has already loaded the aliases and therefore the fi alias is recognized and breaks the …

Nov 17, 2015 · True enough I realized that source does not seem to be your standard command, as I cannot locate it via which source. ls behaves nicely. What kind of thing is this source command …