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Environment Variables in Unix
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Environment variables in Unix are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will be have on a computer.(Wiki defenition)
Different ways to get the environment variables:
To display a single variable value
echo $<VARIABLE NAME> eg: echo $PATH
Commands for displaying all environment variables and their values
#env
or
#set
or
#printenv
Here is the sample output:
[environment variables]
env and set can also be used for setting the environment variables depending on the shell
Setting environment variable
In c shell(csh & tcsh)
setenv testpath=/usr/local/java/bin
In Bourne shell(sh & bash)
export testpath=/usr/local/java/bin
In kshell
testpath=/usr/local/java/bin;export testpath
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