Set an environment variable

[Mike Meyer]

"Eric Brunel" <eric_brunel at despammed.com> writes:
> -myScript.py--------------------------------------
> print 'export MY_VARIABLE=value'
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> -myScript.sh--------------------------------------
> python myScript.py > /tmp/chgvars.sh
> . /tmp/chgvars.sh

It's simpler to use eval and command substitution:

eval $(python myScript.py)

     <mike

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