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Environment variables with no equals sign

a year ago
  • #linux
  • #environment-variables
  • #C-programming
  • Environment variables are represented as strings in the format NAME=value.
  • Environment variables do not necessarily need to include an equals sign; any string can be part of the environment.
  • A C program demonstrates setting an environment variable without an equals sign, which is ignored by shells like bash.
  • This behavior has no known practical implications.