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source — Execute commands from a file in the current shell. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/b

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Problem

How to use the source command: Execute commands from a file in the current shell. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-source>.

Solution

source — Execute commands from a file in the current shell. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-source>.

Evaluate contents of a given file:

source {{path/to/file}}

Evaluate contents of a given file (alternatively replacing source with .):

. {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Evaluate contents of a given file

source {{path/to/file}}

Evaluate contents of a given file (alternatively replacing `source` with `.`)

. {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/source

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