Answer by silentsudo for BASH script to set environment variables not working
You Can try something like this CURRENT_DIR=`pwd` echo "SOME_PATH is pointing to ${CURRENT_DIR}" #Export SOME_PATH for current working directory export SOME_PATH=${CURRENT_DIR}
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I often want to set an environment variable without hassle. Here is what I add to my .bashrc to implement this convenience. defect() { if [ $1 ] && [ -z $2 ] then eval 'export DEFECT=$1' return...
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export exports the variable assignment to child processes of the shell in which the export command was ran. Your command-line environment is the parent of the script's shell, so it does not see the...
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When you run a script, it runs in a subshell. Variables are only valid within the context of that subshell. Set them in your .bashrc or .profile and read up on variables and subshells. The export...
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I've written the following script to set some environment variables when needed. #!/bin/sh export BASE=/home/develop/trees echo $BASE export PATH=$PATH:$BASE echo $PATH Below the command and the...
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