nushell/docs/commands/source.md

title	layout	version
source	command	0.59.1

Runs a script file in the current context.

Signature

> source (filename)

Parameters

• filename: the filepath to the script file to source

Examples

Runs foo.nu in the current context

> source foo.nu

Runs foo.nu in current context and call the command defined, suppose foo.nu has content: def say-hi [] { echo 'Hi!' }

> source ./foo.nu; say-hi

Runs foo.nu in current context and call the main command automatically, suppose foo.nu has content: def main [] { echo 'Hi!' }

> source ./foo.nu