Set and export multiple environment variables to the same value in bash

Question

I would like to set the same value to the locale environment variables: LC_CTYPE, LC_ALL, LANG.

I want to be able to set it directly on the interactive bash shell, something like this:

$ export LC_CTYPE=$LANG=$LC_ALL=C

This answer Assign same value to multiple variables shows how to do it in a script, but not in the interactive shell.

The link you provided shows how to do it in a PHP script, not a shell. — choroba
– choroba, Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 7:26

Soner Gönül · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-21 14:15:16Z

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export {LC_CTYPE,LANG,LC_ALL}=C

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answered May 21, 2014 at 13:58

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Hi Soner, anyway to accomplish this in 'ksh'. Because, the syntax you provided is not supported by 'ksh'

devnull · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 07:27:37Z

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The reference provided by you isn't a shell reference, it's a PHP example.

In shell, one way would be to use a loop:

for i in FOO BAR BAZ; do
  export $i=value
done

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 7:27

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