How do I run an elixir script from my seeds.exs?

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I have an elixir named import_users.exs. If I want to run this script, I would type the following line in my command line.

$ mix run filepath/import_users.exs

How can I run this script from the seeds.exs file? The reason I want to know this is because I simply need to type mix ecto.reset to setup db for running it locally.

Thanks in advance

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mix ecto.reset is just an alias defined in your mix.exs. You can define more files than just seeds.exs there.

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If you don’t want to add another entry to your mix.exs file, you can try using Code.eval_file/2.

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Thank you @LostKobrakai. You are basically telling me to put a new file under the aliases/0 function in mix.exs. So, in my case it could be like this:

      "ecto.setup": ["ecto.create", "ecto.migrate", "run priv/repo/seeds.exs", "run file.exs"]
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Thank you @thiagomajesk. This solution also helps :innocent: