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| author |  axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2007-04-23 07:19:47 +1000 |
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| committer | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2007-04-23 07:19:47 +1000 |
| commit | 2b7535bb518c909e2a6ce1352df93c5c6bbc084b (patch) | |
| tree | cfce1fe4a8073a4f855b8f73390d2cda4d8ff740 /doc_src/source.txt | |
| parent | c5805cfd472dd082a7adc02e02cb87ee5b7d7f81 (diff) | |
Make the . (source) builtin able to read commands from stdin
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Diffstat (limited to 'doc_src/source.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc_src/source.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc_src/source.txt b/doc_src/source.txt index 8cbc9c88..54d1e342 100644 --- a/doc_src/source.txt +++ b/doc_src/source.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \section source . - evaluate contents of file. \subsection source-synopsis Synopsis -<tt>. FILENAME</tt> +<tt>. FILENAME [ARGUMENTS...]</tt> \subsection source-description Description @@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ 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. <tt>fish < FILENAME</tt>) since the commands will be evaluated by the current shell, which means that changes in -environment variables, etc., will remain. +environment variables, etc., will remain. If additional arguments are +specified after the file name, they will be inserted into the $argv +variable. + +If no file is specified, or if the file name '-' is used, stdin will +be read. \subsection source-example Example |