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defining variable in .profile

In root dir i have created a .profile file and added variable and assigned a path to it:
a = '/dir/dir'
export a

but when i echo (echo $a) the path or use this variable the value or path not getting displayed.

i tried executing the .profile and logging out and logging in, didnt workout. am i missing out something in .profile or is it created in wrong path.?

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You didn't actually include the spaces between a, =, and ', did you? You can't have spaces when assigning a value to a variable.

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