Ubuntu: setting environment variables

Posted by Yulai Blog on August 1, 2016

Setting Environment Variable

  • Setting values to environment variables

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      ~ ❯ PORT=3333
      ~ ❯ export PORT
      ~ ❯ export EDITOR=nano
    
  • Examining values of environment variables

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      ~ ❯ printenv PORT
    
  • Erasing environment variables

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      ~ ❯ export PORT=
      ~ ❯ unset PORT
    
  • Reference: Environment Variables

Checking your Ubuntu Version

  • Reference: Checking your Ubuntu Version
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      ~ ❯ lsb_release -a
      No LSB modules are available.
      Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
      Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
      Release:	14.04
      Codename:	trusty