NAME

       source - Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script

SYNOPSIS

       source fileName

       source -rsrc resourceName ?fileName?

       source -rsrcid resourceId ?fileName?
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DESCRIPTION

       This command takes the contents of the specified file or resource and passes it to the Tcl interpreter as
       a  text  script.   The  return  value from source is the return value of the last command executed in the
       script.  If an error occurs in evaluating the contents of the script then the source command will  return
       that error.  If a return command is invoked from within the script then the remainder of the file will be
       skipped and the source command will return normally with the result from the return command.

       The  end-of-file character for files is '\32' (^Z) for all platforms.  The source command will read files 2
       up to this character.  This restriction does not exist for the read or gets commands, allowing for  files 2
       containing  code  and  data  segments  (scripted  documents).  If you require a ``^Z'' in code for string 2
       comparison, you can use ``\032'' or ``\u001a'', which will be safely substituted by the  Tcl  interpreter 2
       into ``^Z''.

EXAMPLE

       Run the script in the file foo.tcl and then the script in the file bar.tcl:
              source foo.tcl
              source bar.tcl
       Alternatively:
              foreach scriptFile {foo.tcl bar.tcl} {
                 source $scriptFile
              }

SEE ALSO

       file(3tcl), cd(3tcl), info(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       file, script

Tcl                                                                                                 source(3tcl)