Topic: dotenv

• .env file parsing dialects: quoting, export, multiline and expansion across five loaders

  Docker Compose, docker run --env-file, python-dotenv, Node's dotenv, systemd's EnvironmentFile and sourcing the file in a shell all accept files that look alike but disagree on quoting, the export keyword, multiline values and whether ${VAR} expands.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-25

Machine-readable: JSON