Unable to export variables declared in a script
 

hi all,

How do I declare/initialize an environment variable in a script?

i have a file named set-abcd.sh.

*** setabcd.sh *****
MESS=hello ; export MESS
echo $MESS
******************

$ MESS=yahoo ; export MESS
$ echo $MESS
yahoo
$ ./set-abcd.sh
hello
$ echo $MESS
yahoo

Please help!

thanks,
Joe

Works as designed. What you want to do isn't to RUN
the script, but instead source it.

E.g.
or

Cheers,
Tink

thanks tinkster! source did the trick!