echo 'echo "0:$0 1:$1 2:$2"' >sourced1 set -- 1 2 3 "$THIS_SH" -c '. ./sourced1' arg0 arg1 arg2 echo Ok1:$? "$THIS_SH" -c '. ./sourced1 q w e' arg0 arg1 arg2 echo Ok2:$? rm sourced1