How to Create a New Linux Environment Variable

[aaron]

How to Create a New Linux Environment Variable

The basic syntax of this command would look like this:

export VAR="value"

Let’s break it down:

 
• export – the command used to create the variable
 
• VAR – the name of the variable
 
• = – indicates that the following section is the value
 
• “value” – the actual value

In a real-world scenario, the command could look like this:

export edward="hostinger"

Let’s see how we could change the value of the TZ – timezone – variable:

 
1. First, let’s view the time:

date

The command will output the current time.

 
2. Then we can use the export command to alter the timezone:

export TZ=”US/Pacific”

Now that the variable’s value was changed, we can check the time again by using the date command, which would output a different time appropriate to the changes made to the Linux environment variable.

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