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Question What is the difference between a shell variable that is exported and the one that is

What is the difference between a shell variable that is exported and the one that is not exported?
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Old 07-21-2005
A shell variable that is exported is available as part of the environment to any subseqent process forked by the shell that does the export. A shell variable that is not exported is, well, not...
 
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