How to include other functions in the other scripts

[teju]

Let us say that there is a function named 'func()' inside a script named 'script1.sh'.
Now there's another script 'script2.sh' which wants to use this function 'func()'. Is there any way to include this function like we use '#include' in C programming?

thanks in advance...

[Cabhan]

Yes indeed. Just source that script:

#!/bin/bash

source script1.sh

... rest of script2.sh ...

And a live example:

alex@danu ~/test/bash $ cat source_func 
#!/bin/bash

# @(#)  source_func             Contain a function to be sourced by another script

function halloo
{
        echo "You gave me $1"
}
alex@danu ~/test/bash $ cat use_sourced_func 
#!/bin/bash

# @(#)  use_sourced_func                Use a function obtained by sourcing another script

source source_func

halloo 'test'
alex@danu ~/test/bash $ ./use_sourced_func 
You gave me test

[teju]

Thanx a lot cabhan.... !!
It really worked and saved a lot of my retyping of the same code!!!