# How do I read the names of functions and their signature from a imported .jl file?

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [April 11, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-read-the-names-of-functions-and-their-signature-from-a-imported-jl-file/59056 "2021-04-11T19:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![heisenberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@heisenberg1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heisenberg1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-read-the-names-of-functions-and-their-signature-from-a-imported-jl-file/59056/1 "2021-04-11T19:53:19Z")

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Basically I import a .jl file into a .jl file, read the function names and their signature of the imported .jl file, and give them as output.

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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-read-the-names-of-functions-and-their-signature-from-a-imported-jl-file/59056/2 "2021-04-11T20:04:27Z")

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