LinuxCommandLibrary

printenv

print all or part of environment

TLDR

Display key-value pairs of all environment variables

$ printenv
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Display the value of a specific variable
$ printenv [HOME]
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Display the value of a variable and end with NUL instead of newline
$ printenv --null [HOME]
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SYNOPSIS

printenv [OPTION]... [VARIABLE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print the values of the specified environment VARIABLE(s). If no VARIABLE is specified, print name and value pairs for them all.

-0, --null

end each output line with NUL, not newline

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printenv, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printenv> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printenv invocation'

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie and Richard Mlynarik.

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