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Question

I have the below code in my Vagrantfile which calls the below script. The script runs fine up until the last line source $dotfile. When it gets to source, the script says source: not found. The line before, cat $dotfile works just fine so the file clearly exists.

Why is this file somehow not found for the source command but it works for the previous cat command?

output error

==> default: /vagrant/scripts/create_functions_dotfile.sh: 14: /vagrant/scripts/create_functions_dotfile.sh: source: not found

Vagrantfile

config.vm.provision "#{script["name"]}", type: "shell" do |shell|
  shell.inline = "/bin/sh /vagrant/scripts/create_functions_dotfile.sh"
end

scripts/create_functions_dotfile.sh

#!/bin/sh

dotfile=/home/vagrant/.functions.sh

for file in /vagrant/scripts/functions/*; do
  echo "cat $file >> $dotfile"
  cat $file >> $dotfile
done

echo "source $dotfile" >> /home/vagrant/.bashrc
cat $dotfile
source $dotfile

WRT a suggested edit that changed code in an answer, [suggested reading](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/266479/1677912). — Mogsdad, Mar 24 '16 at 20:03

Patrick Trentin · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-16T10:21:25.123

7

Source is specific for #!/bin/bash, so either you

substitute
```
#!/bin/sh 
```
with
```
#!/bin/bash 
```
substitute
```
source $dotfile
```
with
```
. $dotfile
```

ETA: as a matter of fact, the error complains that 'source' is not found, not its argument.

edited Mar 16 '16 at 10:21

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:04

Patrick Trentin

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That fixed it. Thank you. I'd used `sh` because I thought I'd read that `sh` was more portable and would automatically point to `bash`. – Merlin -they-them- Mar 16 '16 at 11:23

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