Hello netties,

guess that the solution is really straightforward, but may be I am
just too blind at the moment:

I want to run a list of commands by executing a new Bourne shell
instance on one line. My testcode looks as follows:

> cat testscript.sh
echo hello
TESTVAR="This is a test"
export TESTVAR

When I run a new shell and supply the list "manually" to the shell I
can comprise them using braces without problems:

> /bin/sh
> { . testscript.sh ; echo $TESTVAR; }
hello
This is a test

If I try to do it "in one run" it does not work as I would like it to
work:

> /bin/sh { . testscript.sh echo $TESTVAR; }
syntax error: `}' unexpected
>

Is there a way in Bourne shell to accomplish execution (better:
sourcing) of a shell script, and let subsequent commands being
executed in the same environment as the script in the way indicated
above without supplying the list interactively to the shell (but like
a "/bin/sh -c" invocation? (which, BTW, does not work either)) .

Cheers


Bernd

On Sep 4, 4:43 pm, bernd <bew...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello netties,
>
> guess that the solution is really straightforward, but may be I am
> just too blind at the moment:
>
> I want to run a list of commands by executing a new Bourne shell
> instance on one line. My testcode looks as follows:
>
> > cat testscript.sh
>
> echo hello
> TESTVAR="This is a test"
> export TESTVAR
>
> When I run a new shell and supply the list "manually" to the shell I
> can comprise them using braces without problems:
>
> > /bin/sh
> > { . testscript.sh ; echo $TESTVAR; }
>
> hello
> This is a test
>
> If I try to do it "in one run" it does not work as I would like it to
> work:
>
> > /bin/sh { . testscript.sh echo $TESTVAR; }
>
> syntax error: `}' unexpected
>
>
>
> Is there a way in Bourne shell to accomplish execution (better:
> sourcing) of a shell script, and let subsequent commands being
> executed in the same environment as the script in the way indicated
> above without supplying the list interactively to the shell (but like
> a "/bin/sh -c" invocation? (which, BTW, does not work either)) .
>
> Cheers
>
> Bernd

try this:
/bin/sh -c 'myname=boogie;export myname;echo ${myname}'
boogie

be sure to use single quotes

On 4 Sep., 16:21, hyperboogie <hyperboo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 4, 4:43 pm, bernd <bew...@gmx.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello netties,
>
> > guess that the solution is really straightforward, but may be I am
> > just too blind at the moment:
>
> > I want to run a list of commands by executing a new Bourne shell
> > instance on one line. My testcode looks as follows:
>
> > > cat testscript.sh
>
> > echo hello
> > TESTVAR="This is a test"
> > export TESTVAR
>
> > When I run a new shell and supply the list "manually" to the shell I
> > can comprise them using braces without problems:
>
> > > /bin/sh
> > > { . testscript.sh ; echo $TESTVAR; }
>
> > hello
> > This is a test
>
> > If I try to do it "in one run" it does not work as I would like it to
> > work:
>
> > > /bin/sh { . testscript.sh echo $TESTVAR; }
>
> > syntax error: `}' unexpected
>
> > Is there a way in Bourne shell to accomplish execution (better:
> > sourcing) of a shell script, and let subsequent commands being
> > executed in the same environment as the script in the way indicated
> > above without supplying the list interactively to the shell (but like
> > a "/bin/sh -c" invocation? (which, BTW, does not work either)) .
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Bernd
>
> try this:
> /bin/sh -c 'myname=boogie;export myname;echo ${myname}'
> boogie
>
> be sure to use single quotes- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
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It works. Thanks a lot!