Environment variable management (main mode)

Envprobe’s main entry point is called the main mode, which is responsible for managing environment variables. This is the mode that is interfaced with most of the time.

If Envprobe is properly installed, the shell will have the envprobe command, and its shorthand alias, ep, defined. Calling ep automatically brings up the argument parser for main mode.

The main mode is also unique in offering shortcuts to further lessen the amount of typing needed to interface with the tool.

Attention

The list of available subcommands for a mode is generated in a context-sensitive fashion. This means that in case the current context does not allow the execution of an action, Envprobe will usually fail with an invalid choice error.

• Managing environment variables
  • Reading (get, ?)
  • Writing (set, !, =)
  • Undefining (undefine, ^)
  • Adding to arrays (add, +)
  • Removing from arrays (remove, -)
• Saved snapshots
  • Difference of current environment (diff, %)
  • Save the values/changes to a snapshot (save, })
  • Load a snapshot (load, {)
  • List snapshots (list)
  • Delete a snapshot (delete)
  • Variable tracking