NAME set - set a environment variable SYNOPSIS set [VARIABLE]=[VALUE] DESCRIPTION set an environment variable. Quote [VALUE] to include spaces or non alphanumerics. EXAMPLES set Shows all environment variables set example="Hello World"; echo $example Prints Hello World without quotes set LS_COLORS="{FILE=0xFFFFFF,DIR=0x66CCFF,LINK=0xFFAA00,['*.lua']=0xFFFF00}" Change ls colors, showing lua files in yellow. Note ls color defaults are set in /etc/profile SEE ALSO unset