-bash: Export: [filename] Not A Valid Identifier

i am running a command to set my environment variables on my linux centos server but i get this error when i try to send my command [3300], Last Updated: Mon Jun 24, 2024

Restinalis62

Sun Feb 28, 2010

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i am running a command to set my environment variables on my linux CentOS server but i get this error when i try to send my command

# export FILENAME = my backups.tar.gz

then i get this message

-bash: export: 'my backups.tar.gz': not a valid identifier

webune

Sun Feb 28, 2010

your command should be like this instead:

# export FILENAME=my backups.tar.gz

as you can see, you had spaces between the equal sign, i removed those spaces

https://www.webune.com/forums/not-valid-identifier.html

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-bash: Export: [filename] Not A Valid Identifier

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