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ENV(1) User Commands ENV(1)

NAME

env - run a program in a modified environment

SYNOPSIS

env [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION

Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

start with an empty environment
-0, --null
end each output line with 0 byte rather than newline
remove variable from the environment
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

A mere - implies -i. If no COMMAND, print the resulting environment.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report env translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

Written by Richard Mlynarik and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for env is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and env programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'env invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22