Set environment variables from command line argument

[Amarjeet Anand]

Hi

Is it possible to set environment variables while running my app like...

go run -env_var1="val1" main.go

And then access env_var value as -

 os.Getenv("env_var1")

I know, we can access command line arguments in go and set it manually as environment variables. But am asking if there is already some feature like this in the language.

[Kurtis Rader]

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:04 PM Amarjeet Anand <sarvm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to set environment variables while running my app like...

go run -env_var1="val1" main.go

Is there some reason you can't simply do this

    env_var1=val1 go run main.go

Or this

    env env_var1=val1 go run main.go

if your shell doesn't support the POSIX shell syntax for temporary modification of the environment a command inherits?

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Kurtis Rader

Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank

[Amarjeet Anand]

It worked. Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks a lot.