Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

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 0 byte rather than 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

Report env bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report env translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for env is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and env programs are properly installed at your site, the command

  • info coreutils 'env invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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.