Export Variables in Bash

Posted by aweber on Nov 30, 2010 1:48 AM EDT
BashShell.net; By Mike Weber
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You may need to export variables in some circumstances in order to use them. The export command places the variable in the environment. The environment, which is the list of name-value pairs like PATH, is inherited from the parent process. The export command allows the child process to modify the environment.

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