As we know the bash script is very very important for System Administrator. They are performing lots of tasks using Bash script.

Today, In this tutorial we will learn how to add a bash script into another Bash script.

We will learn it in 4 simple steps, where we create two simple scripts and use one script into another script.

Step 1 – Create a configuration script
Step 2 – Create the main script
Step 3 – Add configuration script into the main script
Step 4 – Execute the main script

Create a configuration script

configuration

USERNAME="satish" 
EMAIL="satish@linuxconcept.com"

Create the main script

main

#!/bin/bash 
#Including config.sh, set filename with proper path. 

echo Welcome ${USERNAME}! 
echo Your email is ${EMAIL}.

Add configuration script into the main script

main

#!/bin/bash 
#Including config.sh, set filename with proper path. 

source config.sh 
echo Welcome ${USERNAME}! 
echo Your email is ${EMAIL}.

Execute the main script

[root@linuxconcept ~]$ ./main.sh 
Welcome satish! 
Your email is satish@linuxconcept.com.