nushell/docs/commands/load-env.md

---
title: load-env
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---

Loads an environment update from a record.

## Signature

```> load-env (update)```

## Parameters

 -  `update`: the record to use for updates

## Examples

Load variables from an input stream
```shell
> {NAME: ABE, AGE: UNKNOWN} | load-env; echo $env.NAME
```

Load variables from an argument
```shell
> load-env {NAME: ABE, AGE: UNKNOWN}; echo $env.NAME
```