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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jan 14, 2022 · I'm running bash in Ubuntu, and I'm trying to run a computational chemistry program called Gaussian 16. My colleague tells me that he is able to run Gaussian 16 by …

Aug 18, 2013 · I suddenly came across the term "ephemeral port" in a Linux article that I was reading, but the author did not mention what it is. What is an ephemeral port in UNIX?

I found the .bashrc file and I want to know the purpose/function of it. Also how and when is it used?

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

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