I am unable to source my ~/.profile using a bash script.

I tried:

source ~/.profile

By the way this is the script I am using

#!/bin/bash



echo Enter the shortcut, or alias, you want to use:

read SHORTTEXT

echo Now enter what text you want it to replace:

read LONGTEXT

echo "alias $SHORTTEXT='$LONGTEXT'" >> ~/.profile

echo "alias $SHORTTEXT='$LONGTEXT' was added to your profile.The alias will work after logoff/on"