nikgalushko / exec-env

Execute a command using an environment form .env file

exec-env

Execute a command using an environment from .env file. exec-env also proxies all os signals to child process.

Installation

Github Release

Visit the releases page to download one of the pre-built binaries.

Go

As secondary option you can use go install:

go install github.com/valenok-husky/exec-env

Basic Usage

exec-env -f <path to your env file> <your command with possible launch flags>

Example

Create the environment file dev.env

PORT=8080
LOG_LVL=debug
PREFIX="app prefix"

Start printenv via exec-env with our dev.env file

exec-env -f dev.env printenv

Printenv is not a part of exec-env. Printenv is a unix command. Check the man page.

The output is

<your own environment variables>
...
PORT=8080
LOG_LVL=debug
PREFIX=app prefix

It's working 🎉