Question

when I want to execute some shell script in Unix (and let’s say that I am in the directory where the script is), I just type:

./someShellScript.sh

and when I want to “source” it (e.g. run it in the current shell, NOT in a new shell), I just type the same command just with the “.” (or with the “source” command equivalent) before it:

. ./someShellScript.sh

And now the tricky part. When I want to execute “multiple” shell scripts (let’s say all the files with .sh suffix) in the current directory, I type:

find . -type f -name *.sh -exec {} \;

but “what command should I use to “SOURCE” multiple shell scripts in a directory”?
I tried this so far but it DIDN’T work:

find . -type f -name *.sh -exec . {} \;

and it only threw this error:

find: `.': Permission denied

Thanks.

Answer 1

for file in *.sh
do . $file
done