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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.

-i, --ignore-environment
start with an empty environment
-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 bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 2008 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.

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.


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