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Asked: 2011-10-13 23:26:39 +0800 CST

How to set env with a dot?

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I tried doing that with export and set env, but it did not work. how to do it?

for example 

~/directory$ export a.home=1 
bash: export: `a.home=1': not a valid identifier
bash

2 Answers

  1. Actually a colleague just asked me and I found a work-around - use 

    env var.with.dots=value command
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  2. Best Answer

    The dot is not a valid character in a shell identifier.
    So the answer is "you cannot do what you ask":

       name   A word consisting only of  alphanumeric  characters  and  under-
          scores,  and beginning with an alphabetic character or an under-
          score.  Also referred to as an identifier.
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