Module 107 printenv (BSD)

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printenv (BSD)

DESCRIPTION

The external printenv command displays your current environment. Your environment consists of variables set to certain values. If you specify an argument, the value of that variable is displayed. If the variable does not exist, printenv does not display anything and returns an exit status of 1. If the variable exists, the exit status is 0.

COMMAND FORMAT

The format of the printenv command follows .

 printenv [ variable ] 

Arguments

Only one argument may be passed to the printenv command.

variable

The name of a variable which exists in the environment. If no variable name is provided, then all variables defined are displayed.

RELATED COMMANDS

Refer to the ksh command described in Module 71.

APPLICATIONS

The printenv command is useful for displaying your current environment. You can display all variables in your current shell environment or display a specific variable. You will need to verify what a certain variable is set to while working on UNIX. One common variable you need to verify if vi fails to work properly is the TERM variable.

TYPICAL OPERATION

In this activity use the printenv command to display your environment. Begin at the shell prompt.

1.    Type printenv and press Return to list out your current environment.

 cj> printenv      ENV=/u1/ts/mylogin/.kshrc      FCEDIT=vi      HOME=/u1/ts/mylogin      LOGNAME=mylogin      MAIL=/usr/mail/mylogin      PATH=:/u1/ts/mylogin/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lbin:/usr/local/bin      SHELL=/bin/ksh      TERM=vt100      TMPDIR=/tmp      TZ=CST6CDT      VISUAL=vi 

2.     Turn to Module 145 to continue the learning sequence.

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