Get/Set environment variables in a different tty
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I'm using a tool (Autokey) that spawns in a new shell. Cool tool, but I want to pull info from my current shell.
Say I'm on pts/0 and I have a variable set: VAR1=yes. In another shell, I want to be able to read the variable from pts/0 and take action accordingly. Would also be nice to be able to set the variable. Any way to do either?
MORE INFO THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO READ (probably):
What I'm doing is creating a reliable way to set up my environment on ANY remote *nix box (AIX, RHEL, SuSE). With one key combo, I run bash, set -o settings, set EDITOR and VISUAL, etc.
NFS is not reliably available. I could change my profile but I can't change root's or I screw it up for the other admins. Essentially, I'm left with whatever I can do over ssh. And it works the way I have it - it's just not pretty. I'd prefer something interactive.
For my specific situation, I've considered saving the variable to a file. That works, as long as I'm local. If I ssh out, saving a file remotely doesn't work.
The tool uses Python so maybe there's a way in Python to read a variable from another shell. I doubt that Python would be able to if Bash can't.
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edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
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I'm using a tool (Autokey) that spawns in a new shell. Cool tool, but I want to pull info from my current shell.
Say I'm on pts/0 and I have a variable set: VAR1=yes. In another shell, I want to be able to read the variable from pts/0 and take action accordingly. Would also be nice to be able to set the variable. Any way to do either?
MORE INFO THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO READ (probably):
What I'm doing is creating a reliable way to set up my environment on ANY remote *nix box (AIX, RHEL, SuSE). With one key combo, I run bash, set -o settings, set EDITOR and VISUAL, etc.
NFS is not reliably available. I could change my profile but I can't change root's or I screw it up for the other admins. Essentially, I'm left with whatever I can do over ssh. And it works the way I have it - it's just not pretty. I'd prefer something interactive.
For my specific situation, I've considered saving the variable to a file. That works, as long as I'm local. If I ssh out, saving a file remotely doesn't work.
The tool uses Python so maybe there's a way in Python to read a variable from another shell. I doubt that Python would be able to if Bash can't.
linux bash shell terminal aix
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you cansource ~yourself/.bashrc
– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41
add a comment |
I'm using a tool (Autokey) that spawns in a new shell. Cool tool, but I want to pull info from my current shell.
Say I'm on pts/0 and I have a variable set: VAR1=yes. In another shell, I want to be able to read the variable from pts/0 and take action accordingly. Would also be nice to be able to set the variable. Any way to do either?
MORE INFO THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO READ (probably):
What I'm doing is creating a reliable way to set up my environment on ANY remote *nix box (AIX, RHEL, SuSE). With one key combo, I run bash, set -o settings, set EDITOR and VISUAL, etc.
NFS is not reliably available. I could change my profile but I can't change root's or I screw it up for the other admins. Essentially, I'm left with whatever I can do over ssh. And it works the way I have it - it's just not pretty. I'd prefer something interactive.
For my specific situation, I've considered saving the variable to a file. That works, as long as I'm local. If I ssh out, saving a file remotely doesn't work.
The tool uses Python so maybe there's a way in Python to read a variable from another shell. I doubt that Python would be able to if Bash can't.
linux bash shell terminal aix
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
I'm using a tool (Autokey) that spawns in a new shell. Cool tool, but I want to pull info from my current shell.
Say I'm on pts/0 and I have a variable set: VAR1=yes. In another shell, I want to be able to read the variable from pts/0 and take action accordingly. Would also be nice to be able to set the variable. Any way to do either?
MORE INFO THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO READ (probably):
What I'm doing is creating a reliable way to set up my environment on ANY remote *nix box (AIX, RHEL, SuSE). With one key combo, I run bash, set -o settings, set EDITOR and VISUAL, etc.
NFS is not reliably available. I could change my profile but I can't change root's or I screw it up for the other admins. Essentially, I'm left with whatever I can do over ssh. And it works the way I have it - it's just not pretty. I'd prefer something interactive.
For my specific situation, I've considered saving the variable to a file. That works, as long as I'm local. If I ssh out, saving a file remotely doesn't work.
The tool uses Python so maybe there's a way in Python to read a variable from another shell. I doubt that Python would be able to if Bash can't.
linux bash shell terminal aix
linux bash shell terminal aix
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
edited Jan 2 at 20:52
Rui F Ribeiro
39.5k1479132
39.5k1479132
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
asked Jan 2 at 17:39
BrowncoatOkieBrowncoatOkie
565
565
Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you cansource ~yourself/.bashrc
– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41
add a comment |
Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you cansource ~yourself/.bashrc
– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41
Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you can
source ~yourself/.bashrc– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you can
source ~yourself/.bashrc– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41
add a comment |
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Relating unix.stackexchange.com/a/8344/117549 unix.stackexchange.com/q/27555/117549 and unix.stackexchange.com/q/91282/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 2 at 19:00
One approach is to set up your own profile the way you like it, then when you become root, you can
source ~yourself/.bashrc– glenn jackman
Jan 2 at 20:22
Good point - and with autokey I can source it with a single key combo. That's probably what I'll do. Still, I wonder if there is a way to modify environment variables in another shell. Probably not without hacking systemd - or maybe bash.
– BrowncoatOkie
Jan 3 at 13:41