Running bash commands written in a file

Asked Sep 13 '17 at 13:40

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I have a file which contains the following commands,

export PATH=/gpfs/home/spandrekar/cse504/build_llvm/bin:$PATH
export LIBRARY_PATH=/gpfs/home/spandrekar/cse504/build_llvm/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/gpfs/home/spandrekar/cse504/build_llvm/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/gpfs/home/spandrekar/cse504/build_llvm/projects/openmp/runtime/src:$C_INCLUDE_PATH
export CC=clang
export CXX=clang++

I need to run these everytime I login to start my project. To make things easier, I am trying to run them using the command,

bash filename

However, this doesn't seem to work. When I type these commands on the commandline, it all works fine.

What am I missing here? How can I run the commands written in the file.

asked Sep 13 '17 at 13:40

sheetal_158

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why not put them in your .bashrc file in your home directory ? – gda2004 Sep 13 '17 at 13:42
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do `. filename` , dot then filename – P.... Sep 13 '17 at 13:45
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They're getting run -- in the new copy of bash you run with the command `bash`, which then exits when it's done. Once that shell has exited, the variables you assign are lost with it. – Charles Duffy Sep 13 '17 at 13:49
@PS. Doesn't work. Getting .: .: is a directory. – sheetal_158 Sep 13 '17 at 18:30
@PS. Yes. It works! Thanks :) – sheetal_158 Sep 14 '17 at 00:28

Running bash commands written in a file

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