set command

[Kayvan A. Sylvan]

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 11:50:31AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> [root at abc root]#a=10
> [root at abc root]#set
> 
> I can see the a=10
> 
> Now when i go to another shell I dont see the value a=10

You need to use "export".

Read "man bash" (search forward to the "export" command).

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