Command Line Interface (CLI)
export
Set environment variables
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Verified: 2026-03-04
Syntax
$export [options] [name[=value]]
Optionen
-p
-n
-f
Examples
$export PATH=/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/alias:/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/env/nginx:/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/env/nginx/sbin:/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/alias:/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/env/nginx:/Users/sebastian/Library/PhpWebStudy/env/nginx/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Applications/Little Snitch.app/Contents/Components:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/sebastian/.lmstudio/bin:/Users/sebastian/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand:/Users/sebastian/.lmstudio/bin:/opt/bin
$export EDITOR=vim
$export -p
$export -n VAR
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
export --help
Note
Makes variables available to subprocesses.
Export