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Execute commands from a file in the current shell.

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Syntax

$source <file>

Examples

Examples

$source ~/.bashrc

Examples

$source ./script.sh

Examples

$. ~/.profile

See also

shell

Typical use cases

Load configuration

Update environment

Import functions

Note Equivalent to the dot (.) builtin. Use for loading shell config.

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