I have defined a function in bash_profile file.
pse(){
ps -ef|grep $1
}
Now i can call this function from command line. Like
pse kafka
It is working fine as i can see the correct output. But when i am trying to call pse function in an script file, it is showing me "command not found" error. Am i missing something? Are we not allowed to call function defined in bash_profile from shell script? OS : MacOsX Yosemite
You can export the function from the parent's shell to make it available in the child processes:
export -f pse
From the manual:
export
export [-fn] [-p] [name[=value]]Mark each name to be passed to child processes in the environment. If the -f option is supplied, the names refer to shell functions; otherwise the names refer to shell variables. The -n option means to no longer mark each name for export. If no names are supplied, or if the -p option is given, a list of names of all exported variables is displayed. The -p option displays output in a form that may be reused as input. If a variable name is followed by =value, the value of the variable is set to value.
The return status is zero unless an invalid option is supplied, one of the names is not a valid shell variable name, or -f is supplied with a name that is not a shell function.
source "includes" (runs) the function only in the current shell. export makes it available in all child processes. So you need both here. Or you can directly source it in your script.
.bash_profile is only sourced by interactive shells; scripts are executed by non-interactive shells.
source functionName but when running the script it errorssource takes a filename. So, if you defined functionName in my_utils.sh then you can do: source my_utils.sh.
bash_profileafter adding the function into the file?source ~/.bash_profileprobably.sourcecommand in the script?pgrep.