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.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printenv>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) printenv invocation'