How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know

2017-07-07 02:10:07

7.12 Including Other Files in Scripts

If you need to include another file in your shell script, use the . operator. For example, this runs the commands in the file config.sh :

. config.sh

This "include" file syntax does not start a subshell, and it can be useful for a group of scripts that need to use a single configuration file.