UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi

i have some lines in a text file like,

export ORACLE_HOME=/home/dell/instantclient_11_2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:$ORACLE_HOME/sdk:${PATH}

how to run this file such that every line will be exported in unix session

Code:

. file

where "file" is the name of the file containing these commands.

Don Cragun is correct. If you want to have this executed every time you start an environment (like every to you log on or every time you start a new shell) consider to place this line in the login script (usually called ".profile" and residing in your home directory) to execute it every time you log on or in the startup script of your shell (.kshrc for Korn shell or .bashrc for bash, both in your home directory too) to have it executed every time you start a shell.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

thank you Don Cragun and bakunin. am able to export the lines in the file.