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travega
Asked: 2014-05-28 19:31:33 +0800 CST

Bash script not adding variables to session [duplicate]

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I have a bash script that I have added as a startup application. It does a bunch of exports and alias assignment.

#! /bin/bash

alias devhm='cd ${DEV_HOME}; ll';
alias wlhm='cd ${WL_HOME}; ll';
alias dirch='watch --interval=1 "ls -la"';
alias vols='watch --interval=1 "df -h"';
alias svn-update='svn update --depth infinity ./*';
alias mci="~/mci.sh";
alias vncserver="vncserver -geometry 1680x1050";
alias ..="cd ..";
alias hist="history | grep ";

export PROXY_HOST=proxy.my.setup;
export PROXY_PORT=3128;

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib;
export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64;
export TNS_ADMIN=${ORACLE_HOME}/network/admin;

echo "DONE!";

But none of these values are available in my terminal sessions anymore. Even when I run the script straight into the terminal like so:

./setup.sh

I see the "DONE!" prompt printed but no aliases or env variables are set.

If I copy and paste the contents of the file into the terminal the aliases and env variables are set.

I have tried adding a line to execute the script from .bashrc also but still no aliases or env variables set.

Any ideas what might be going on here? Also could anyone suggest a better way to have these env variables/aliases added to every terminal session?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In your .bashrc reference your custom startup script using . setup.sh instead of ./setup.sh. That will cause it to be executed in the context of the current session instead of being executed as a separate program with its own context.

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