source(n) Tcl Built-In Commands source(n)
NAME
source - Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script
SYNOPSIS
source fileName
source -encoding encodingName fileName
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 (^Z) for all platforms. The
source command will read files up to this character. This restriction
does not exist for the read or gets commands, allowing for files con-
taining code and data segments (scripted documents). If you require a
in code for string comparison, you can use or which will be safely sub-
stituted by the Tcl interpreter into
The -encoding option is used to specify the encoding of the data stored
in fileName. When the -encoding option is omitted, the system encoding
is assumed.
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(n), cd(n), encoding(n), info(n)
KEYWORDS
file, script
Tcl source(n)
tcl 8.6.0 - Generated Fri Jan 11 15:11:47 CST 2013