- 1 year ago
What is the alternative of export from unix to powershell, Set works for CMD only. I need it for powershell
In PowerShell, the equivalent of the Unix export
command is to use the Set-Item
cmdlet to set environment variables. Here's how you can set an environment variable in PowerShell:
powershell$env:VariableName = "Value"
Replace VariableName
with the name of the environment variable you want to set and Value
with the desired value.
For example, to set the PATH
environment variable in PowerShell, you can use:
powershell$env:PATH = "C:\Path\To\Directory"
To set multiple environment variables at once, you can use a hashtable:
powershell$envs = @{
Variable1 = "Value1"
Variable2 = "Value2"
}
$envs.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object {
$env:$_."Name" = $_."Value"
}
This code defines a hashtable with variable names as keys and values as values. Then, it loops through each entry in the hashtable and sets the corresponding environment variable using the Set-Item
cmdlet.
Note that changes made using Set-Item
in PowerShell are specific to the current PowerShell session. If you want to make the changes persistent or affect all processes, you can modify the environment variables through the Windows system settings or use the [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable()
method in .NET.
powershell[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("VariableName", "Value", "Scope")
Replace VariableName
with the name of the environment variable, Value
with the desired value, and Scope
with one of the following: "User"
for the current user, "Machine"
for all users, or "Process"
for the current PowerShell session.
Keep in mind that modifying environment variables may require administrative privileges, depending on the variable and its scope.