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This command is used to set an environment variable and then execute a program with that variable's value.
Here's a breakdown of each component:
-
env
: It is a command in Unix-like operating systems that allows you to modify the environment variables for a specific command or script. It launches the specified command within an altered environment. -
${variable}=${value}
: This is the syntax for assigning a value to a variable in Unix-like operating systems. You replace${variable}
with the name of the variable you want to set, and${value}
with the desired value. For example, if you want to set a variable namedNAME
to the valueJohn
, you would writeNAME=John
. -
${program}
: This is the placeholder for the program or command you want to execute. You replace${program}
with the actual name of the program you want to run.
By combining these components, the env
command is used to modify the environment temporarily by setting a specific variable to a desired value, and then executing a program within that modified environment.
For example, let's say you have a variable named MYVAR
with the value 123
, and a program named myprogram
. To execute myprogram
with MYVAR
set to 123
, you would write:
env MYVAR=123 myprogram
This command sets the environment variable MYVAR
to 123
and then runs myprogram
with that modified environment.