source filename [arguments]
Read
and
execute commands from filename in the current shell environment
and
return
the
exit
status of the last command exe-
cuted from filename. If filename does not contain a slash, file names in PATH are used to find the directory containing file-
name. The file searched
for
in PATH need not be executable. When bash is not in posix mode, the current directory is
searched
if
no file is found in PATH. If the sourcepath option to the shopt builtin command is turned off, the PATH is not
searched. If any arguments are supplied, they become the positional parameters when filename is executed. Otherwise the
positional parameters are unchanged. The
return
status is the status of the last command exited within the script (0
if
no
commands are executed),
and
false
if
filename is not found
or
cannot be read.