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

This problem happens because jenkins Execute Shell runs the script via its /bin/sh

Consequently, /bin/sh does not know "source"

You just need to add the below line at the top of your Execute Shell in jenkins

#!/bin/bash

Answer 2

$ls -l `which sh`
/bin/sh -> dash

$sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash #Select "no" when you're asked
[...]

$ls -l `which sh`
/bin/sh -> bash

Then it will be OK

Answer 3

I found in a gnu Makefile on Ubuntu, (where /bin/sh -> bash)

I needed to use the . command, as well as specify the target script with a ./ prefix (see example below)

source did not work in this instance, not sure why since it should be calling /bin/bash..

My SHELL environment variable is also set to /bin/bash

test:
    $(shell . ./my_script)

Note this sample does not include the tab character; had to format for stack exchange.

Answer 4

On Ubuntu, instead of using sh scriptname.sh to run the file, I've used . scriptname.sh and it worked! The first line of my file contains: #!/bin/bash

use this command to run the script

.name_of_script.sh

Answer 5

In Bourne shell(sh), use the . command to source a file

. filename

Answer 6

This may help you, I was getting this error because I was trying to reload my .profile with the command . .profile and it had a syntax error