Re: Doesn't MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" suppose to print abc?

[iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk>]

* Shaul Karl (shaul@actcom.net.il) wrote:
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-8.1
> 
>   According to my understanding of the manual page,
> 
>     $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
> 
> Should have print abc. But it does not:
> 
>     $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
> 
>     $
> 
> What am I missing?

an 'export' and a ';', like so:

$ export MY_ENV=abc ; printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
abc

iain

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