How can i do "source in" using shell script to set environment variable

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To set environment variable, i am doing source in (by using the below command) whenever i start to work in my Linux Working environment . /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52

When add the this line(". /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52") in to my shell script

Its not running, it returns some error. I created alias also. even though not able to execute this.

alias test='. /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52'
test

So how can i do "source in" with in script instead of giving this command manually

If you put double quotes around it as shown in your example that will give you a syntax error. Remove the double quotes. — jim mcnamara
– jim mcnamara, Commented Mar 21, 2013 at 9:49

Mithrandir · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 09:49:42Z

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That's strange. In BASH you can do both:

. /path/to/your/skript

or

source /path/to/your/skript

What ist your path to the script you want to source? Is it '/opt/fedex/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52'

then you should do this:

   . '/opt/fedex/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52'

or

  source '/opt/fedex/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52'

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 9:49

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ASHOK Over a year ago

source '/opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52' or . '/opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52' $ sh s5.sh s5.sh: line 1: /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52: No such file or directory

Mithrandir Over a year ago

Is your path actually '/opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52'? This is something only you can really verfy.

ASHOK Over a year ago

$ source /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env rev.52 Environment phase (default=prod): devel User build project: rev User build release: 52.0 User build label: devel User OrgName: srs User OrgName release: 52.0 User AppName: rev User AppName release: 52.0 Reading rev.env ... done.

Mithrandir Over a year ago

Are you sourcing two files? One with an absolute path '/opt/fedex/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env' and one with a relative path 'rev.52'?

ASHOK Over a year ago

The above command working fine. But when i add the same line in my shell script, its return error

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Zsolt Botykai · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 09:50:30Z

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You can use the source command. That is:

source /path/to/file

And note, if you mention "some error", we can't help much with that. Unless you are specifying what kind of errors were those.

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 9:50

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ASHOK Over a year ago

But when i do using script, go the below error............$ sh s5.sh /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env: line 125: print: command not found Environment phase (default=prod): /opt/kmc/pbs/env/1.1/etc/setup.env: line 70: print: command not found

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