.TH "source" 1 "8 Feb 2007" "Version 1.22.3" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
. - evaluate contents of file.
.PP
.SS "Synopsis"
\fC. FILENAME\fP
.SS "Description"
Evaluates the commands of the specified file in the current shell. This is different from starting a new process to perform the commands (i.e. \fCfish < FILENAME\fP) since the commands will be evaluated by the current shell, which means that changes in environment variables, etc., will remain.
.SS "Example"
\fC. ~/.fish\fP
.PP
causes fish to reread its initialization file.