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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T07:36:45+00:00 2026-06-09T07:36:45+00:00

see i want to use source command in my shell script. Now when i

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see i want to use source command in my shell script. Now when i type source on terminal it shows like

-bash: source: filename argument required
source: usage: source filename [arguments]

now when i use this in my shell script like this

#!/bin/sh
source

and save as test.sh

and run then get like this

./test.sh: 2: source: not found

How to solve this problem?

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    2026-06-09T07:36:46+00:00Added an answer on June 9, 2026 at 7:36 am

    You run your script with sh, not with bash. source does not exist in plain sh, but you can use . instead, it means the same thing.

    #!/bin/sh
    . /path/to/other/script
    function_defined_in_other_script
    
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