read from .bash_profile via python

Question

is there any way to read the .bash_profile using python? I need to get value of one of variables, like:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java

William Pursell · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 12:58:59Z

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If you are looking for the value of a particular environment variable, there is no need to parse .bash_profile. Just check in os.environ.

import os
os.environ['JAVA_HOME']

answered Jun 13, 2014 at 12:58

William Pursell

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