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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions doc/api/process.md
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* `path` {string | URL | Buffer | undefined}. **Default:** `'./.env'`

Loads the `.env` file into `process.env`. Usage of `NODE_OPTIONS`
in the `.env` file will not have any effect on Node.js.
Loads the `.env` file into `process.env`. If a variable is already defined in
`process.env`, its existing value takes precedence and is not overwritten by the
`.env` file. Usage of `NODE_OPTIONS` in the `.env` file will not have any effect
on Node.js.

```cjs
const { loadEnvFile } = require('node:process');
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