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)