bash: source - Initialize functions and/or aliases from a file.

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Take into account the main readme for this section. README first.

The key command is called source. Description of the command is; execute commands from a file in the current shell.

Create a file with functions and/or aliases. Only one function show here for demonstration purposes. In this example the file is called checks

sys_check () {
printf "\n\033[36m%s\\033[0m\n" "Basic system check"
uptime
printf "\n\033[36m%s\\033[0m\n" "When was the last boot"
who -b
}

Make function(s) accessible via the current shell session.

$ source checks

Now run your function from the current shell.

$ sys_check

Basic system check
 08:36:22 up 9 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.06, 0.35, 0.33

When was the last boot
         system boot  2020-07-08 08:27