diff --git a/openbb_terminal/routine_functions.py b/openbb_terminal/routine_functions.py
index 0c0e05761ca..327ce81292b 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/routine_functions.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/routine_functions.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def parse_openbb_script(
                 foreach_loop_found = True
 
             # Regular expression pattern to match variables starting with $
-            pattern = r"(?<!\$)(\$(\w+)(\[[^]]*\])?)(?![^\[]*\])"
+            pattern = r"(?<!\$)(\$(\w+)(\[[^\]]*\])?)(?=(?:[^\]]*\]*))"
 
             # Find all matches of the pattern in the line
             matches: Optional[List[Match[str]]] = re.findall(pattern, line)
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/terminal_controller.py b/openbb_terminal/terminal_controller.py
index 652c1f95b68..c92261eaed6 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/terminal_controller.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/terminal_controller.py
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ class TerminalController(BaseController):
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--file",
+            "-f",
             help="The path or .openbb file to run.",
             dest="file",
             required="-h" not in other_args