# tmux source-file

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/source-file/

> Execute commands from one or more files specified by path (which may be glob(7) patterns).

Execute commands from one or more files specified by path (which may be glob(7) patterns).

## Syntax

```tmux-usage
tmux source-file [-Fnqv] path ...
```

Alias: `source`.

## Behavior

Execute commands from one or more files specified by `path` (which may be [glob(7)]() patterns). If `-F` is present, then `path` is expanded as a format. If `-q` is given, no error will be returned if `path` does not exist. With `-n`, the file is parsed but no commands are executed. `-v` shows the parsed commands and line numbers if possible.

## C implementation

Internal declarations in tmux 3.2a:

* [`cmd_source_file_entry`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-variable-cmd_source_file_entry/)
* [`cmd_source_file_exec`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-source-file-c-cmd_source_file_exec/)

## Use from a library

Each API describes its own defaults, errors and execution model.

* [Python](https://libtmux.org/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/)
* [TypeScript](https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-sourcefile/)
* [Rust](https://libtmux.org/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-source_file/)
* [Go](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-sourcefile/)
* [Java](https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-sourcefile/)
* [C#](https://libtmux.org/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-sourcefileasync/)
* [C++](https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/)
* [Swift](https://libtmux.org/en/swift/latest/reference/server-sourcefile\(_-\)/)
* [Ruby](https://libtmux.org/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/)

tmux sources and license

Syntax comes from `tmux 3.2a list-commands`. See the [global options](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#DESCRIPTION) for sockets and configuration, and [command syntax and targets](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#COMMANDS).

Behavior is taken from the [tmux 3.2a manual](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/tmux.1).

[Command declaration](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/cmd-source-file.c#L35)

```
Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>

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