# Doubt about loading scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Support\ **Tags:** kdb-and-q\ **Created:** [July 30, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/doubt-about-loading-scripts/10210 "2015-07-30T02:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlos\_siestrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@carlos\_siestrup](https://forum.kx.com/u/carlos_siestrup)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/doubt-about-loading-scripts/10210/1 "2015-07-30T02:01:00Z")
Hello, I started with Q recently and while I was trying to load a script, I realized that When I  trying to use load like this: path: `:/User/home/desktop/file.q \l path or path: “/User/home/desktop/file.q” \l path it doesnt work, I thought i was typeing the path wrong until I tried: \l /User/home/desktop/file.q and it worked. I would like to know how can I use load with the path in a variable since its not working with symbol or string type variables. ---
**Author:** ![rory\_ororke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@rory\_ororke](https://forum.kx.com/u/rory_ororke)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/doubt-about-loading-scripts/10210/2 "2015-07-30T07:19:00Z")
path:“/User/home/desktop/file.q” system "l ",path Thanks Rory ---
**Author:** ![roman\_v\_mishin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@roman\_v\_mishin1](https://forum.kx.com/u/roman_v_mishin1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/doubt-about-loading-scripts/10210/3 "2015-07-30T14:21:00Z")
X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.69 [en]\l is not a q expression, so you can not refer to variable contents within its scope.As reference states [http://code.kx.com/wiki/Reference/SystemCommandsto](http://code.kx.com/wiki/Reference/SystemCommandsto) call a system command in a q expression, use ‘system’.-- Kind regards,Roman Mishin