Changing environment variables in a shell script?

[Matt Galvin]

Easy way,

$ source <your_script>

Matt

On 4/28/05, Chuk Goodin <chukgoodin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to change an environment variable by running a script and then have
> it stay changed after the script has stopped running. My script is very
> simple:
>  
>  #!/bin/bash
>  DISPLAY=opal:1
>  export DISPLAY
>  
>  After running it, my DISPLAY variable is unchanged. If I just type the last
> two lines (one at a time) into the command prompt, it works. Also, if I
> check the DISPLAY variable from within the script, it shows up as what I
> want it to be. How do I get it to change my "main" environment variable?
>  
> thanks in advance,
>  
>  
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