Introduction

env-sandbox lets one run a command with specified environment variables.

Consider following project directory

.
dev.env
run.sh

Content of the file dev.env

# dev.env
PORT=8000
DATABASE_URL=postgres://@127.0.0.1:5432/awesomedb

Content of the file run.sh

# run.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo $PORT
echo $DATABASE_URL

If we run de ./run.sh we will get following output in the terminal

$ de ./run.sh
8000
postgres://@127.0.0.1:5432/awesomedb

Installation

Issue following command in a terminal to install env-sandbox

curl -o  /tmp/env-sandbox https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ludbek/env-sandbox/master/install && sh /tmp/env-sandbox

Usage

Development environment

de <cmd>

It exports environment variables from dev.env and runs a command. It exports environment variables from user.env if available.

Test environment

te <cmd>

It exports environment variables from dev.env and test.env, and runs a command.

Other environment

xe <path-to-env-file> <cmd>

It exports environment variables in the given env file and runs a command.