Gio Lodi • 11/13/2015

Injecting environment variables from a file with xargs

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This article explains a command-line technique for loading environment variables from a .env file into a shell command without permanently exporting them. It breaks down the command `env $(cat .env | grep -v "#" | xargs) your_command` step-by-step, detailing how cat, grep, xargs, and env work together to provide a clean way to pass configuration to utilities.

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Injecting environment variables from a file with xargs

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