Linux Find Where Environment Variable Is Set?
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The environment variables can be found in various places depending on the type of variable.
For user-specific environment variables, you can find them in the user’s home directory in the .bashrc, .bash_profile, or .profile files.
For system-wide environment variables, you can find them in the /etc/environment file.
You can also view all of the environment variables by running the command “printenv” in a terminal window.
The syntax to view all defined environment variables in Linux is: printenv You can also list a specific variable by typing: echo $VARIABLE_NAME To see where the environment variable is set, use the grep command: grep –Ri ‘VARIABLE_NAME‘ /etc/profile.d/*