How do I launch a mac (osx/macos) app with an environment variable set?

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How do I launch a mac app with an environment variable set?

Everything I can find is really complicated, like this, this or this.

Possible duplicate of [Setting environment variables on OS X](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-on-os-x) — Alec, May 25 '19 at 17:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '19 at 17:46

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It's actually really simple.

Open up Terminal and run:

~$ export MY_VAR=some-value
~$ open /Applications/Some.app

answered May 25 '19 at 17:46

Filip Haglund

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Or just `MY_VAR=some-value open /Applications/Some.app` – jonrsharpe May 25 '19 at 18:25
how do you do this for login items? – deweydb Jun 05 '23 at 19:55

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