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bash script includes?

I am fairly new to the bash scripting thing. I've written up a nice script to perform some automated work functions. But as I add to the script it has gotten longer and more difficult to manage.

Other programming types allow the use of include files. Does bash scripting offer such a thing? I tried searching for help on this and have not found anything concrete with what I need. The only include I found was in the manual page and it seems to just immediately execute the file.

I have a number of functions or procedures in the script file and would like to let some of those reside in other files. That way I could keep the menu functions in one file, the file manipulation functions in another, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to LQ.

Just source the script to bi included - ie:

Code:

#!/bin/bash



# Load the config

. /path/to/config.sh



# Echo some configuration variable

echo $myconfigvar

That did the trick. Thank you very much. This makes debugging my scripts a bit easier than before. It also seems to be easier to add functionality to as well.
Maybe someday I will get into writing real programs in a real language.