Shell script to set environment variables - shell

Question

I wish to write a shell script to export variables.
Below I have listed the script .
echo "Perform Operation in su mode"
export ARCH=arm
echo "Export ARCH=arm Executed"
export PATH='/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/:$PATH';
echo "Export path done"
export CROSS_COMPILE='/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/arm-arago-linux-gnueabi-';
echo "Export CROSS_COMPILE done"
But this doesn't seem to work properly. I have to individually execute the commands at the shell prompt instead.

Answer 1

You need to run the script as source or the shorthand .
source ./myscript.sh
or
. ./myscript.sh
This will run within the existing shell, ensuring any variables created or modified by the script will be available after the script completes.
Running the script just using the filename will execute the script in a separate subshell.

Answer 2

Please show us more parts of the script and tell us what commands you had to individually execute and want to simply.
Meanwhile you have to use double quotes not single quote to expand variables:
export PATH="/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/:$PATH"
Semicolons at the end of a single command are also unnecessary.
So far:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Perform Operation in su mode"
export ARCH=arm
echo "Export ARCH=arm Executed"
export PATH="/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/:$PATH"
echo "Export path done"
export CROSS_COMPILE='/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/arm-arago-linux-gnueabi-' ## What's next to -?
echo "Export CROSS_COMPILE done"
# continue your compilation commands here
...
For su you can run it with:
su -c 'sh /path/to/script.sh'
Note: The OP was not explicitly asking for steps on how to create export variables in an interactive shell using a shell script. He only asked his script to be assessed at most. He didn't mention details on how his script would be used. It could have been by using . or source from the interactive shell. It could have been a standalone scipt, or it could have been source'd from another script. Environment variables are not specific to interactive shells. This answer solved his problem.

Answer 3

Run the script as source= to run in debug mode as well.
source= ./myscript.sh

Answer 4

I cannot solve it with source ./myscript.sh. It says the source not found error.
Failed also when using . ./myscript.sh. It gives can't open myscript.sh.
So my option is put it in a text file to be called in the next script.
#!/bin/sh
echo "Perform Operation in su mode"
echo "ARCH=arm" >> environment.txt
echo "Export ARCH=arm Executed"
export PATH="/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/:$PATH"
echo "Export path done"
export "CROSS_COMPILE='/home/linux/Practise/linux-devkit/bin/arm-arago-linux-gnueabi-' ## What's next to -?" >> environment.txt
echo "Export CROSS_COMPILE done"
# continue your compilation commands here
...
Tnen call it whenever is needed:
while read -r line; do
line=$(sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' <<<${line})
var=`echo $line | cut -d '=' -f1`; test=$(echo $var)
if [ -z "$(test)" ];then eval export "$line";fi
done <environment.txt

Answer 5

In my case, I gave extra spaces before and after =.
For example, in my shell file(say deploy.sh)
I initially write
GIT_SHA = $(git rev-parse HEAD)
But I fixed it by using:
GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
So please note that we should not give any spaces before and after the =.