How can I set environment variable permanently through shell script?

Question

Let's say I have a script:

#!/bin/bash
echo "$1"
if [[ ! $1 ]]; then
    echo "True"
fi
export ABC="/home/aashish"

ABC is not available after the execution of this script. How can I make that variable persist after the execution as well?

No way. Have you read [What scopes can shell variables have?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27555/what-scopes-can-shell-variables-have)? — manatwork, Jul 03 '12 at 12:17

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '12 at 12:17

5

source it into current shell session.

answered Jul 03 '12 at 12:17

poige

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