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  • How to not source a part of a bash script?
  • A shell script that can run under different shells
I have a shell script with a syntax compatible to both `bash` and `zsh`, except for a section that has zsh specific syntax that throws syntax errors if sourced from bash.
Is there **an easy way** to escape such section when using bash?

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The script is a bash function that sources all the files in a directory. It works fine from zsh (and it is irrelevant to the question).

```shell
#!/usr/bin/env bash

shell=$(ps -p $$ -oargs=)

if [ $shell = "bash" ]; then
	for f in ~/.functions.d/*.sh; do source $f; done
elif [ $shell = "zsh" ]; then
	for f (~/.functions.d/**/*.sh) source $f
fi
```

The error raised when sourcing it in `bash` is:

    scr: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
    scr: line 8: `  for f (~/.functions.d/**/*.sh) source $f'

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Relevant links:

- [This same question in Stack Overflow.](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70382141/how-to-prevent-sourcing-a-part-of-a-bash-script)
- [Unix & Linux: Source only part of a script from another script?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/242854/source-only-part-of-a-script-from-another-script)
- [Stack Overflow: Using source to include part of a file in a bash script.](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22183903/using-source-to-include-part-of-a-file-in-a-bash-script)

Suggested over 2 years ago by dsr‭