PRINTENV(1) User Commands PRINTENV(1)
NAME
printenv - print all or part of environment
SYNOPSIS
printenv [OPTION] [VARIABLE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the values of the specified environment VARIABLE(s). If no VARIABLE
is specified, print name and value pairs for them all.
-0, --null
end each output line with NUL, not newline
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Your shell may have its own version of printenv, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for
details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Richard Mlynarik.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printenv invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 PRINTENV(1)