File: coreutils.info, Node: env invocation, Next: nice invocation, Prev: chroot invocation, Up: Modified command invocation 23.2 'env': Run a command in a modified environment =================================================== 'env' runs a command with a modified environment. Synopses: env [OPTION]... [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARGS]...] env Operands of the form 'VARIABLE=VALUE' set the environment variable VARIABLE to value VALUE. VALUE may be empty ('VARIABLE='). Setting a variable to an empty value is different from unsetting it. These operands are evaluated left-to-right, so if two operands mention the same variable the earlier is ignored. Environment variable names can be empty, and can contain any characters other than '=' and ASCII NUL. However, it is wise to limit yourself to names that consist solely of underscores, digits, and ASCII letters, and that begin with a non-digit, as applications like the shell do not work well with other names. The first operand that does not contain the character '=' specifies the program to invoke; it is searched for according to the 'PATH' environment variable. Any remaining arguments are passed as arguments to that program. The program should not be a special built-in utility (*note Special built-in utilities::). Modifications to 'PATH' take effect prior to searching for COMMAND. Use caution when reducing 'PATH'; behavior is not portable when 'PATH' is undefined or omits key directories such as '/bin'. In the rare case that a utility contains a '=' in the name, the only way to disambiguate it from a variable assignment is to use an intermediate command for COMMAND, and pass the problematic program name via ARGS. For example, if './prog=' is an executable in the current 'PATH': env prog= true # runs 'true', with prog= in environment env ./prog= true # runs 'true', with ./prog= in environment env -- prog= true # runs 'true', with prog= in environment env sh -c '\prog= true' # runs 'prog=' with argument 'true' env sh -c 'exec "$@"' sh prog= true # also runs 'prog=' If no command name is specified following the environment specifications, the resulting environment is printed. This is like specifying the 'printenv' program. For some examples, suppose the environment passed to 'env' contains 'LOGNAME=rms', 'EDITOR=emacs', and 'PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks': * Output the current environment. $ env | LC_ALL=C sort EDITOR=emacs LOGNAME=rms PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks * Run 'foo' with a reduced environment, preserving only the original 'PATH' to avoid problems in locating 'foo'. env - PATH="$PATH" foo * Run 'foo' with the environment containing 'LOGNAME=rms', 'EDITOR=emacs', and 'PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks', and guarantees that 'foo' was found in the file system rather than as a shell built-in. env foo * Run 'nemacs' with the environment containing 'LOGNAME=foo', 'EDITOR=emacs', 'PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks', and 'DISPLAY=gnu:0'. env DISPLAY=gnu:0 LOGNAME=foo nemacs * Attempt to run the program '/energy/--' (as that is the only possible path search result); if the command exists, the environment will contain 'LOGNAME=rms' and 'PATH=/energy', and the arguments will be 'e=mc2', 'bar', and 'baz'. env -u EDITOR PATH=/energy -- e=mc2 bar baz The program accepts the following options. Also see *note Common options::. Options must precede operands. '-0' '--null' Output a zero byte (ASCII NUL) at the end of each line, rather than a newline. This option enables other programs to parse the output of 'env' even when that output would contain data with embedded newlines. '-u NAME' '--unset=NAME' Remove variable NAME from the environment, if it was in the environment. '-' '-i' '--ignore-environment' Start with an empty environment, ignoring the inherited environment. Exit status: 0 if no COMMAND is specified and the environment is output 125 if 'env' itself fails 126 if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked 127 if COMMAND cannot be found the exit status of COMMAND otherwise
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