How set multiple env variables for a bash command

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SamLosAngeles picture SamLosAngeles · Oct 4, 2014 · Viewed 70.2k times · Source

I am supposed to set the EC2_HOME and JAVA_HOME variables before running a command (ec2-describe-regions)

How do I do that in one go?

Answer

Chris Dodd picture Chris Dodd · Oct 4, 2014

You can one-time set vars for a single command by putting them on the command line before the command:

$ EC2_HOME=/path/to/dir JAVA_HOME=/other/path ec2-describe-regions

Alternately, you can export them in the environment, in which case they'll be set for all future commands:

$ export EC2_HOME=/path/to/dir
$ export JAVA_HOME=/other/path
$ ec2-describe-regions

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