sourcing.md

Sourcing

• . myscript -> POSIX compliant
• source myscript -> Bash defined source as an alias to the dot

#### Example 1

filename

filename

filename

#### Demo 1

bash ./examples/sourcing/virtuous_lib_sourcer.sh

bash ./examples/sourcing/virtuous_lib_runner.sh

#### Example 2

filename

filename

filename

#### Demo 2

bash ./examples/sourcing/bad_lib_sourcer.sh

bash ./examples/sourcing/bad_lib_runner.sh

### References

• https://superuser.com/questions/176783/what-is-the-difference-between-executing-a-bash-script-vs-sourcing-it