Linux env Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use env commmand in Linux. env command is env - run a program in a modified environment env [OPTION]… [-] [NAME=VALUE]… [COMMAND [ARG]…] Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND. remove variable from the environment
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What is Linux env Command?

In this tutorial we learn how to use env command in Linux. env command is env - run a program in a modified environment env [OPTION]… [-] [NAME=VALUE]… [COMMAND [ARG]…] Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND. remove variable from the environment

env Syntax

       env [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]

env Examples

env Command Manual / Help

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of env command.

env command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for env command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man env

To open info page for env command we can use command below.

info env

To open help page from env command we can run command below.

env --help

Linux env Command Source Code

You can find env command source code from the folowing repositories:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to use env in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.