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printenv(1) General Commands Manual printenv(1)

NAME

printenv - Display the values of the specified environment VARIABLE(s), or (with no VARIABLE) display name and value pairs for them all.

SYNOPSIS

printenv [-0|--null] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [variables]

DESCRIPTION

Display the values of the specified environment VARIABLE(s), or (with no VARIABLE) display name and value pairs for them all.

OPTIONS

-0, --null
end each output line with 0 byte rather than newline
Print help
Print version
[variables]

VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

EXAMPLES

Display key-value pairs of all environment variables:

printenv

Display the value of a specific variable:

printenv HOME

Display the value of a variable and end with NUL instead of newline:

printenv [-0|--null] HOME

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.

printenv (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0