Use the source command in Linux. The source command is also called the "dot command", which is also a dot symbol (.). The source command is usually used to re-execute the modified initialization file to make it take effect immediately without logging out and logging on again. Usage: The source filename or. filenamesource command has another usage besides the preceding usage. When compiling the system core, you often need to enter a long string of commands, such as: make mrpropermake menuconfigmake depmake cleanmake bzImage ............ If you make these commands into a file and execute them in sequence automatically, it is very convenient for users who need to recompile the core of the system multiple times. You can use the source command to achieve this, its role is to take the content of a file as shell to execute, first in the linux source code directory (such as/usr/src/linux-2.4.20) to create a file, such as make_command, enter the following content: make mrproper & make menuconfig & make dep & make clean & make bzImage & make modules & make modules_install & cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage/boot/vmlinuz_new & cp System. map/boot & vi/etc/lilo. after the conf & lilo-v file is created, you only need X-2.4.20 input: source make_command, if you are not using lilo to boot the system, you can remove the last two lines, configure your own boot program to boot the kernel. By the way, the & command indicates that the commands connected by it are executed sequentially, but the commands following it can be executed only after the previous commands are successfully executed.