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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.
-i, --ignore-environment
start with an empty environment
-0, --null
end each output line with NUL, not newline
-u, --unset=NAME
remove variable from the environment
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
A mere - implies -i. If no COMMAND, print the resulting environment.

AUTHOR

Written by Richard Mlynarik and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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

Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/env>
 
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) env invocation'
March 2015 GNU coreutils 8.23