envsubst
Substitutes environment variables with their value in shell format strings. Variables to be replaced should be in either${var}
or$var
format. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/envsubst-Invocation.html.
- Replace environment variables in stdin and output to stdout:
echo '{{$HOME}}' | envsubst
- Replace environment variables in an input file and output to stdout:
envsubst < {{path/to/input_file}}
- Replace environment variables in an input file and output to a file:
envsubst < {{path/to/input_file}} > {{path/to/output_file}}
- Replace environment variables in an input file from a space-separated list:
envsubst '{{$USER $SHELL $HOME}}' < {{path/to/input_file}}
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