How to add temporary environment variables The terminal can be used on Ubuntu to execute powerful commands, including commands to set up custom environment variables.

Did you know that you can set temporary environment variables in Linux? Learn how to get started with our guide and video tutorial.

In this guide, we'll take a dive into environment variables in the Linux shell. By the end, you'll not only know how to view and set these variables, but also how to persist them, use them in scripts, ...

Unlike using environment variables in Linux, you can’t set them on the host and then pass those set variables to the container in the same way you would within the host system.