Re: source from within a script

From: Bob (bob_at_dont.spam.me)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:38:59 GMT

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:22:02 +0200, Bishara Sabbagh wrote:

> Hallo Bob,
> I tried your script and bash answers : bash: x: command not found
> that's why I appended the generated alias to .profile and tried to source
> it.

Be sure you source the "xxx" script. Use either of the following:

        . xxx
        source xxx

Don't execute the script:

        ./xxx # NO!

Also, in my script the first line ("#!/bin/bash") is not needed. I just
put it there by habbit.

<clip>

>> The following works for me...
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> echo -n "enter alias... "
>> read alias command
>> alias $alias="$command"
>>
>> I put the above in a scriped named xxx and used it like this:
>>
>> $ . xxx
>> enter alias... x ls -la
>> $ x
>>
>> the "x" command was properly aliased to "ls -la"
>>
>>
>>

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