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.\"	from: @(#)printenv.1	6.7 (Berkeley) 7/28/91
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.Dd August 27, 1993
.Dt ENV 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm env
.Nd set and print environment
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm env
.Op Fl i
.Oo
.Ar name Ns No = Ns Ar value ...
.Oc
.Oo
.Ar utility
.Op Ar argument ...
.Oc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
executes
.Ar utility
after modifying the environment as
specified on the command line.
The option
.Ar name Ns No = Ns Ar value
specifies
an environment variable,
.Ar name ,
with a value of
.Ar value .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl i
Causes
.Nm
to completely ignore the environment it inherits.
.El
.Pp
If no
.Ar utility
is specified,
.Nm
prints out the names and values
of the variables in the environment, with one
.Ar name Ns No = Ns Ar value
pair per line.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
If the
.Ar utility
is invoked, the exit status of
.Nm
shall be the exit status of
.Ar utility ;
otherwise, the
.Nm
utility exits with one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It 0
The
.Nm
utility completed successfully.
.It 1-125
The exit code returned from the
.Ar utility.
.It 126
The utility specified by
.Ar utility
was found, but could not be invoked.
.It 127
The utility specified by
.Ar utility
could not be found.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr execvp 3 ,
.Xr environ 7
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The historic
.Fl
option has been deprecated but is still supported in this implementation.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility conforms to
.St -p1003.2-92 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
doesn't handle commands with equal
.Pq Sq =
signs in their
names, for obvious reasons.