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		1718627440 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scripts I wrote that I use all the time What's the difference between 'source' and '.' ?

iguessthislldo 58 days ago | [–]

I think they're the same except '.' is POSIX and 'source' is specific to bash and compatible shells. I personally just use source since it's easier to read and zsh and bash account for basically 100% of my shell usage.

Noumenon72 58 days ago | | [–]

If $SHELL is /bin/sh, the source command does not exist, but '.' still works.

dbalatero 58 days ago | [–]

nothing afaict

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