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\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