use variables set in a script file inside another script file

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I have set some variables in my shell, because I need them all the time. How can I make a script, that I call on the same shell that has variables set access the variables that are defined in the shell, without passing them explicitely as parameters?

Jens · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28 09:39:37Z

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You simply source the script with the assignments in your shell script like so:

 . /path/to/settings  # Dot, blank, name of file.

This will execute the contents of settings in the current shell (as opposed to starting a subshell, where assignments are lost after the subshell ends.)

answered Sep 28, 2012 at 9:39

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flolo Over a year ago

You can also use the verbose form of the ".": "source". source /path/to/settings/ will also work.

user857990 Over a year ago

sweet i didn't know it went this way as well

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