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What are the standard Environment variables ($) in Ubuntu?

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I know some useful environment-variables like $HOME, $UID, $BASH, $LOGNAME etc. which is useful to get information in terminal/command-line with using echo(ex: echo $LOGNAME)

I want to know what are the useful Environment variables available in Ubuntu? In other words Where I can find a list of useful standard bash environment-variables for Ubuntu with their uses?

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answered 1 Year ago dresuitable · Accepted Answer

Run env command on your terminal. It will list all the available environment variables.

See also the Ubuntu wiki on Environment Variables.

Also refer this question to know more about environment variables.