1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)printenv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 6, 1993 37.Dt PRINTENV 1 38.Os BSD 3 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm printenv , env 41.Nd print out the environment, set and print environment 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm printenv 44.Op Ar name 45.Nm env 46.Op Fl 47.Op Ar name=value ... 48.Op Ar command 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50.Nm Printenv 51prints out the names and values of the variables in the environment, 52with one name/value pair per line. If 53.Ar name 54is specified, only 55its value is printed. 56.Pp 57If a 58.Ar name 59is specified and it is not defined in the environment, 60.Nm printenv 61returns exit status 1, else it returns status 0. 62.Pp 63.Nm Env 64executes 65.Ar command 66after modifying the environment as 67specified on the command line. The option 68.Ar name=value 69specifies 70an environmental variable, 71.Ar name , 72with a value of 73.Ar value . 74The option 75.Sq Fl 76causes 77.Nm env 78to completely ignore the environment 79it inherits. 80.Pp 81If no command is specified, 82.Nm env 83prints out the names and values 84of the variables in the environment, with one name/value pair per line. 85.Sh SEE ALSO 86.Xr csh 1 , 87.Xr sh 1 , 88.Xr execvp 3 , 89.Xr environ 7 90.Sh HISTORY 91The 92.Nm printenv 93command appeared in 94.Bx 3.0 . 95.Sh BUGS 96.Nm Env 97doesn't handle commands with equal (``='') signs in their 98names, for obvious reasons. 99