#include #include int main( int argc, char **argv ) { char *arg = *++argv; printf( "%s is %s\n", arg, getenv(arg) ); exit(0); } #### #! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $var = shift || 'FOO'; my $value = shift || 'bar'; $ENV{$var} = $value; system "./env-echo $var";