Shell variables - help

[Mark A. Emanuele]

In article <1339 at ul-cs.ulowell.edu>, mchetan at hawk.ulowell.edu (Munisuvratha Chetan) writes:
> How do I tell the current shell to execute the shell program in
> the current shell, and NOT in a new shell ?


Correct me if I am wrong, but I think this will work.


	. shell-program-name-that-is-executible

This should execute that shell script in the current shell much like the way
your .profile does.


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