Re: Doesn't MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" suppose to print abc?
On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 11:55:03PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote:
>
> i can't see in the man page an example like the one you show, what
> section is it in?
>
Quoting the ENVIRONMENT section:
The environment for any simple command or function may be augmented
temporarily by prefixing it with parameter assignments, as described
above in PARAMETERS. These assignment statements affect only the envi-
ronment seen by that command.
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Shaul Karl, shaul @ actcom . net . il
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