Read an environmental variable
#!/usr/bin/env python # # [SNIPPET_NAME: Read an environmental variable] # [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: os] # [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Read and print a given environmental variable] # [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://docs.python.org/library/os.html] # [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Jono Bacon <[email protected]>] # [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL] import os # display the USERNAME environmental variable print os.getenv('USERNAME')