← Back to context Comment by 1718627440 1 year ago What's the difference between 'source' and '.' ? 3 comments 1718627440 Reply iguessthislldo 1 year 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 1 year ago If $SHELL is /bin/sh, the source command does not exist, but '.' still works. dbalatero 1 year ago nothing afaict
iguessthislldo 1 year 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.
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.
If $SHELL is /bin/sh, the source command does not exist, but '.' still works.
nothing afaict