How to List Environment Variables on Linux

How-To Geek

By Dave McKay

Updated Oct 8, 2023

Inspect your environment.

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Key Takeaways

To list environment variables on Linux, use the printenv command. That will show you all environment variables, but you can get searchable results by piping it into the less command. Alternatively, use grep to check specific environment variables.

Key Takeaways

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