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The "it" in what you are replying to is not the kernel; but the shell. * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/chap2.html#tag_001_009_001_001 http

• cyphar 11y ago
  Well, that's just dumb. Why on earth should "source this random file as a shell script" be the default?
  • JdeBP 11y ago
    Because that's how Unix originally worked, to put it simply. This is a whole discussion subject in its own right, of course.