Variable assignment in sh

[William Dudley]

probably because the default shell in FreeBSD is csh, which uses entirely
different
syntax.

run bash or sh and then try your example.

Bill Dudley

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions <
freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Why am I getting this result when I attempt a simple variable
> assignment in the default sh?
>
> # ENV=$HOME/.shrc; export ENV
> ENV=/root/.shrc: Command not found.
> export: Command not found.
>
> This example is taken verbatim from the sh manpage provided with FreeBSD.
>
>
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