Drew DeVault on 18 Apr 2019 15:25:32 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Determining when a shell script is sourced


On 2019-04-18  6:24 PM, Andrew M. wrote:
> # Try to execute a `return` statement,
> # but do it in a sub-shell and catch the results.
> # If this script isn't sourced, that will raise an error.
> $(return >/dev/null 2>&1)

Nit: this isn't a subshell. You want (), no $
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