env(1)                                                     env(1)



NAME
     env - sets the environment for command execution

SYNOPSIS
     env [-] [name=value]...  [command args]

ARGUMENTS
     -    Causes the inherited environment to be ignored
          completely, so that the command is executed with
          exactly the environment specified by the arguments.

     args Specifies the arguments for the command that is to be
          executed.

     command
          Specifies the command to be executed.  If no command is
          specified, the resulting environment is printed, one
          name-value pair per line.

     name=value
          Merges name=value into the inherited environment before
          the command is executed.

DESCRIPTION
     env obtains the current environment, modifies it according
     to its arguments, then executes command with the modified
     environment.

EXAMPLES
     The command:

        env XYZ=pdq sh

     sets XYZ to the value pdq for the duration of the command,
     which here is a new shell, sh.

FILES
     /bin/env
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1)

     exec(2), profile(4), environ(5) in A/UX Programmer's
     Reference










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