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27.Dd September 13, 2005
28.Dt KENV 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm kenv
32.Nd dump or modify the kernel environment
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl hq
36.Nm
37.Op Fl q
38.Ar variable Ns Op = Ns Ar value
39.Nm
40.Op Fl q
41.Fl u
42.Ar variable
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility will dump the kernel environment if
47invoked without arguments.
48If the
49.Fl h
50option is specified, it will limit the report to kernel probe hints.
51If an optional
52.Ar variable
53name is specified,
54.Nm
55will only report that value.
56If the
57.Fl u
58option is specified,
59.Nm
60will delete the given environment variable.
61If the environment variable is followed by an optional
62.Ar value ,
63.Nm
64will set the environment variable to this value.
65.Pp
66If the
67.Fl q
68option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to
69perform the requested operation will be suppressed.
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr kenv 2 ,
72.Xr loader 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76utility appeared in
77.Fx 4.1.1 .
78