Not able to change the environment variable in k shell


 
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Old 12-16-2009
Not able to change the environment variable in k shell

Hi All,
I am trying the following to set the environment variable in my scirpt.But it is not setting with the correct value.
Can you guys please help me out to get the correct value.
1. I have environment variable NLS_LANG=American_America.UTF8
2. In my script (ksh) i am trying the following
set NLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
export NLS_LANG
But the value of $NLS_LANG is not getting changed.


Please help me to fix this.
Thanks in advance,
Giri.
# 2  
Old 12-16-2009
don't use set - use export.

Code:
export NLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1

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