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<div><h1>load -- read Macaulay2 commands</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>load "f"</tt> -- reads and executes Macaulay2 expressions found in the file named <tt>f</tt>.<p>The file is sought in the directory containing the file currently being loaded, if any, and then along the <a href="_path.html" title="list of directories to look in">path</a>, unless the name of the file begins with <tt>/</tt>, <tt>$</tt>, or <tt>!</tt>. If the file begins with <tt>./</tt> or <tt>../</tt>, then it looks instead in the directory of the file currently being loaded (see <a href="_current__File__Directory.html" title="the directory containing the current input file">currentFileDirectory</a>). If no file is being loaded it will look in the current directory (see <a href="_current__Directory.html" title="current working directory">currentDirectory</a>).</p>
<p>The file is read without echoing the input, printing the values, or incrementing the line number.</p>
<p>If one of the top level expressions in the file evaluates to the symbol <a href="_end.html" title="stop loading a file">end</a> the reading of the file is stopped at that point.</p>
<p>If the variable <a href="_notify.html" title="whether to notify the user when a file is loaded">notify</a> is set to true, then an informational message is displayed after the file is loaded.</p>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_path.html" title="list of directories to look in">path</a> -- list of directories to look in</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_needs.html" title="read Macaulay2 commands if necessary">needs</a> -- read Macaulay2 commands if necessary</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_input.html" title="read Macaulay2 commands and echo">input</a> -- read Macaulay2 commands and echo</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_notify.html" title="whether to notify the user when a file is loaded">notify</a> -- whether to notify the user when a file is loaded</span></li>
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