---
name: "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-doc"
version: "5.14.2-21+deb7u3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source"
---

# CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source(3perl)

read in CPANPLUS commands

## NAME

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source  - read in CPANPLUS commands

## SYNOPSIS

```
    CPAN Terminal> /source /tmp/list_of_commands /tmp/more_commands
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a `"CPANPLUS::Shell::Default"` plugin that works just like your unix shells [*source*(1)](/source/1.md) command; it reads in a file that has commands in it to execute, and then executes them.

A sample file might look like this:

```
    # first, update all the source files
    x --update_source
    # find all of my modules that are on the CPAN
    # test them, and store the error log
    a ^KANE$'
    t *
    p /home/kane/cpan-autotest/log

    # and inform us we're good to go
    ! print "Autotest complete, log stored; please enter your commands!"
```

Note how empty lines, and lines starting with a '#' are being skipped in the execution.

## BUG REPORTS

Please report bugs or other issues to \<bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org\<gt\>.

## AUTHOR

This module by Jos Boumans \<kane@cpan.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c)  2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans \<kane@cpan.org\>. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it  under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp