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 …

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 …

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 to …

The source command will: Read and execute commands from the filename argument in the current shell context. If filename does not contain a slash, the PATH variable is used to find filename. This …

Oct 1, 2014 · So the main difference is that you are sourcing a script that will update variables/aliases in the current shell vs (what the OP was doing) running a script which starts a new shell that then …

That being said... +1 bump for asking a common question that should be answered for all newcomers to *nix systems. :) Building from source sometimes means the difference between fixing a nasty bug …

Apr 10, 2017 · I want to try my hand at writing a linux driver. I am trying to set up my environment. My current kernel: $ uname -r 4.10.0-37-generic I then download the source code: $ apt-get source linux …

Feb 23, 2014 · 5 Do 100% open source linux distro's exist? i.e. distros which contain absolutely no closed source components anywhere at all? Apparently distros like Ubuntu contains bits and pieces …

Apr 16, 2020 · When you say source and have two files, I am thinking that you are wanting to have the two commands available at the command line and want provider to set the variable for the consumer …