source command not found in sh shell

Question

I have a script that uses sh shell. I get an error in the line that uses the source command. It seems source is not included in my

Answer 1

source is a bash built-in command so to execute source command, you can log in as Root.

sudo -s source ./filename.sh

Answer 2

/bin/sh is usually some other shell trying to mimic The Shell. Many distributions use /bin/bash for sh, it supports source. On Ubuntu, though, /bin/dash is used which does not support source. Most shells use . instead of source. If you cannot edit the script, try to change the shell which runs it.

Answer 3

The source command is built into some shells. If you have a script, it should specify what shell to use on the first line, such as:

#!/bin/bash

Answer 4

I faced this error while i was trying to call source command from #Jenkins execute shell.

source profile.txt or source profile.properties

Replacement for source command is to use,

. ./profile.txt or . ./profile.properties

Note: There is a space between the two dots(.)

Answer 5

The source builtin is a bashism. Write this simply as . instead.

e.g.

. $FILE

# OR you may need to use a relative path (such as in an `npm` script):

. ./$FILE

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh#source

Answer 6

Bourne shell (sh) uses PATH to locate in source <file>. If the file you are trying to source is not in your path, you get the error 'file not found'.

Try:

source ./<filename>