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62 questions linked to/from Setting Windows PowerShell environment variables
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powershell refresh env path for the active session [duplicate]
Am trying to install multiple softwares and some of them are dependent on others, means it looks up for some binary of softwares before install others. This installation process am doing it on ...
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execute a command with environment variable set temporarily [duplicate]
I used to use Bash, which has this syntax: VAR=VAL ./executable_file to set VAR temporarily during the execution of executable_file. Is there a corresponding syntax in pwsh? PowerShell 7.4.0 on MS-...
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rust/cargo read env from shell and reuse them instread of explicity setting them in front of command everytime [duplicate]
I want to run a rust test with some env, like: use std::env; #[test] fn test_case1() { env::var("ENV1").unwrap(); env::var("ENV2").unwrap(); } #[test] fn test_case2() { ...
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How to run heroku pg:psql query in command line? [duplicate]
After heroku login I'm trying to run in cmd: echo "select * from public.table limit 2;" | heroku pg:psql -app "my-app::DATABASE_URL" and get error: "The local psql command ...
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How can I find and set the system PATH using PowerShell [duplicate]
Why does the registry provider not show any entries for the environment? I am using "Run as Administrator". No items are returned from Get-ChildItem. What am I missing? PS C:\src\t> ([Security....
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How can I make sure I can run Python in Powershell? [duplicate]
I have looked for some questions about this on Stackoverflow. I am using Python 2.7.11. When I open Powershell and type in python I get an intended error: IndentationError: unexpected indent What I ...
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Why the 'RUST_LOG' environment variable is not working? [duplicate]
I was working with log and env_logger crate and its documentation says that we can set the RUST_LOG environment variable to different levels to filter out logs of lower-level, RUST_LOG=debug will ...
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Virtual enviroment - Why can't I set enviromental variable? [duplicate]
I am trying to start up daphne for my Django project. The issue is that I am not able to set up the envirometnal variable for DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE. I am using python venv. Path of my project is as ...
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env-path not persisted with Powershell [duplicate]
According to Setting Windows PowerShell environment variables it is possible to modify environment path in Powershell with $env:Path = "C:\jdk-16.0.1\bin" + ';' + $env:Path I tried (with ...
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Adding a directory to the PATH environment variable in Windows
I am trying to add C:\xampp\php to my system PATH environment variable in Windows. I have already added it using the Environment Variables dialog box. But when I type into my console: path it doesn't ...
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How can I update the PATH variable permanently from the Windows command line?
If I execute set PATH=%PATH%;C:\\Something\\bin from the command line (cmd.exe) and then execute echo %PATH%, I see this string added to the PATH. If I close and open the command line, that new string ...
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How can I do a screen capture in Windows PowerShell?
How can I capture the screen in Windows PowerShell? I need to be able to save the screen to disk.
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Powershell Add System Variable
I am Trying To add a System Variable here using PowerShell: I have tried both ways using $env:MyTestVariable = "My test variable." and [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("TestVariableName", "My ...
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Powershell add to path, temporarily
I'm trying to write a simple PowerShell script to deploy a Visual Studio ASPNET Core 1 project. Currently, in a batch file i can say Path=.\node_modules\.bin;%AppData%\npm;C:\Program Files (x86)\...
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Why is 'python' not recognized in powershell?
I have installed python 3.6 in my Windows 10 PC. I also use Pycharm to make my scripts. It runs perfectly fine there. But my problem is I can't run python in powershell. I am told to simply type '...