CS155: Introduction to Unix

Spring 2018

Environment

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Environment variables

CS155 Environment

Introduction to Shells

Environment Variables

% date
Fri Mar 29 03:57:15 MDT 2024

% export TZ=America/Chicago
% date
Fri Mar 29 04:57:15 CDT 2024

% export TZ=Asia/Dubai
% date
Fri Mar 29 13:57:15 +04 2024

% export TZ=Europe/Paris
% date
Fri Mar 29 10:57:15 CET 2024

% export LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
% date
ven. mars 29 10:57:15 CET 2024

Environment Variables

% env
USER=applin
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:.
HOME=/s/parsons/d/fac/applin
PWD=/s/parsons/d/fac/applin/tmp
GROUP=fac
HOST=blackthorn
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
HOSTNAME=blackthorn
PAGER=less
TZ=America/Denver

Environment Variables

% echo 'I am $USER on $HOSTNAME'
I am $USER on $HOSTNAME
% echo "I am $USER on $HOSTNAME"
I am cs155 on beethoven
% echo I am $USER on $HOSTNAME
I am cs155 on beethoven
% echo I am \$USER on \$HOSTNAME
I am $USER on $HOSTNAME
% echo $HOSTNAME
beethoven
% echo $HOSTNAME | wc
      1       1      10
% cat $HOSTNAME
cat: beethoven: No such file or directory

Setting environment variables

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