Created Mittwoch 29 Januar 2020
Local
Assignment
[set] VAR=<value>
e.g: set PATH=/bin
With spaces
[set] VAR="<value>"
e.g. name="Anton User"
Global
export VAR=<value>
For one command execution
This will set the variables only for the command called in the same line.
$ VAR1=<value> VAR2=<value> <command> <command args>
Permanently
Put it in one of the shell startup scripts (e.g. .bashrc).