Environment variables

categories:

Displaying global variables –> “printenv” or “env” Displaying local variables –> “set”

Set a local variable : VARNAME="value"

Local vars only available in the current shell.

Set a global variable : export VARNAME="value"

Useful special bash variables : $? Exit status of the most recently executed foreground pipeline. $$ Process ID of the shell. $! Process ID of the most recently executed background command. $0 Expands to the name of the shell or shell script.

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