Get environment variables from the shell

Especially useful for Electron apps as GUI apps on macOS doesn't inherit the environment variables defined in your dotfiles (.bash_profile/.zshrc/etc).

$ npm install shell-env

import {shellEnv} from 'shell-env';

console.log(await shellEnv());
//=> {TERM_PROGRAM: 'Apple_Terminal', SHELL: '/bin/zsh', ...}

console.log(await shellEnv('/bin/bash'));
//=> {TERM_PROGRAM: 'iTerm.app', SHELL: '/bin/zsh', ...}

Note that for Bash, it reads .bash_profile, but not .bashrc.

Return a promise for the environment variables.

Returns the environment variables.

Type: string
Default: User default shell

Shell to read the environment variables from.

• shell-path - Get the $PATH from the shell
• fix-path - Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app
• shell-history - Get the command history of the user's shell

• Sindre Sorhus
• @silverwind