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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-exec.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-exec.1.md index 5fb4ceace..da61f3456 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-exec.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-exec.1.md @@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ Start the exec session, but do not attach to it. The command will run in the bac Specify the key sequence for detaching a container. Format is a single character `[a-Z]` or one or more `ctrl-<value>` characters where `<value>` is one of: `a-z`, `@`, `^`, `[`, `,` or `_`. Specifying "" will disable this feature. The default is *ctrl-p,ctrl-q*. -#### **--env**, **-e** +#### **--env**, **-e**=*env* -You may specify arbitrary environment variables that are available for the -command to be executed. +Set environment variables. + +This option allows arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process to be launched inside of the container. If an environment variable is specified without a value, Podman will check the host environment for a value and set the variable only if it is set on the host. As a special case, if an environment variable ending in __*__ is specified without a value, Podman will search the host environment for variables starting with the prefix and will add those variables to the container. #### **--env-file**=*file* |