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What does 'source' do?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026834801 views
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Problem

It exists, and it is runnable. Why isn't there any documentation about it in Ubuntu? What does it do? How can I install documentation about it?

Error Output

$ whatis source
source: nothing appropriate.
$ man source
No manual entry for source
$ source
bash: source: filename argument required
source: usage: source filename [arguments]

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is a Bash shell built-in command that executes the content of the file passed as an argument in the current shell. It has a synonym in (period). Syntax

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