[SOLVED] UNIX, get environment variable

Issue

I have a ridiculous question due to a ridiculous problem.

Normally if I want to get the contents of an environment variable in a UNIX shell, I can do

echo ${VAR}

Let's assume, due to my ridiculous situation, that this isn't possible.

How do I get the contents of an environment variable to stdout, without someone who is looking at the command itself (not the output), see the value of the environment variable?

I can picture the solution being something like echo env(NAME_OF_VAR) although I can't seem to find it. The solution has to work in sh.

PS I can't write a script for this, it must be a built-in Unix command (I know, ridiculous problem).

Solution

You can do:

printenv VARIABLE_NAME

Answered By - user184968

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)