how to set environment variables in fish shell

Question

Can someone please tell me what\'s the correct way to set a bunch of environment variables in the fish shell?

In my .config/fish/config.fish file, I have a function to s

Answer 1

another option is to run:

export (cat env_file.txt |xargs -L 1)

where env_file.txt contains rows of the format VAR=VALUE

this has the benefit of keeping the variables in a format supported by other shells and tools