How Do I Set an Environment Variable in Linux Terminal?
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How do I set an environment variable in Linux bash?

The easiest way to set environment variables in Bash is to use the “export” keyword followed by the variable name, an equal sign and the value to be assigned to the environment variable.

How do you set environment variables in Unix?

Set environment variables on UNIX

  1. At the system prompt on the command line. When you set an environment variable at the system prompt, you must reassign it the next time you log-in to the system.
  2. In an environment-configuration file such as $INFORMIXDIR/etc/informix.rc or .informix. …
  3. In your .profile or .login file.
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