NAME
printenv
—
print out the environment
SYNOPSIS
printenv |
[name] |
DESCRIPTION
Theprintenv
utility prints out the names and values of
the variables in the environment, with one name/value pair per line. If
name is specified, only its value is printed.
Some shells may provide a builtin printenv
command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the
builtin(1) manual page.
EXIT STATUS
The printenv
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The printenv
utility is provided for
compatibility with earlier BSD and
FreeBSD releases and is not specified by any
standards. The functionality of printenv
can be
duplicated with the
echo(1) and env(1) utilities.
HISTORY
The printenv
command appeared in
3.0BSD.