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export
Article Index
1. Name
2. Synopsis
3. Examples

1. Name

export - set an environment variable

2. Synopsis

export [-fn] [-p] [name[=value]]

3. Examples

Most common use of export is to export user's PATH environmental variable. In this example we add /linux/scripts directory to our PATH environmental variable: 
PATH=$PATH:/linux/scripts
export PATH
export user's PATH environmental variable