* Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-8.1
>
> According to my understanding of the manual page,
>
> $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
>
> Should have print abc. But it does not:
>
> $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
>
> $
>
> What am I missing?
an 'export' and a ';', like so:
$ export MY_ENV=abc ; printf "${MY_ENV}\n"
abc
iain
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