How to use a function defined in a bash profile in a bash script?

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I have a Projection function in my bash_profile. Now I am trying to call this function from a bash script however I get a not found error. How do I make the projection function visible to the bash script?

Zombo · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-11 05:38:51Z

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You must export the function

export -f foo

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answered Apr 11, 2013 at 5:38

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Omar Over a year ago

where does the export statement go?

tripleee · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-11 05:39:59Z

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The sane but not necessarily elegant approach is to put the function in a separate file, and source it from your profile and from your script.

You need to export the function if you want to make it available to all your scripts, but -- as with global variables -- this is not very maintainable in the long run.

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