ENVFILE(1) BSD General Commands Manual ENVFILE(1)
NAME
envfile - execute a command under a crafted environment
SYNOPSIS
envfile foo.env -- program [argv...]
DESCRIPTION
The envfile(1) is a program to run another program; much
like sudo(1) or chroot(1). The difference is that this
program is designed to modify environment variables before
that.
FILES
The `envfile(1)` program takes an env file as its first
argument. They can either be one of
* Perl program when their suffixes are '.pl' or '.perl';
* JSON file when their suffixes are '.js' or '.json';
* YAML file when their suffixes are '.yml' or '.yaml';
* Otherwise envfile formatted, where KEY=VALUE is written
each line.
EXAMPLES
$ cat > foo.env
FOO=foo
BAR=bar
^D
$ envfile foo.env ruby -e 'puts ENV["FOO"], ENV["BAR"]'
foo
bar
AUTHOR
This is a Ruby translation of p5-App-envfile by Urabe,
Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org>. Original Perl version
was by xaicron <xaicron@cpan.org>.
BUGS
You need a working Perl interpreter to understand Perl
program.
ENVFILE(1) BSD General Commands Manual ENVFILE(1)