Run SET command in LXTerminal does NOT show environment variable settings

[GCMartin]

Running Knoppix 6.4.3 LiveCd

1. Open LXTerminal
2. become Superuser - "su"
3. type "set"

I am getting a playout of a script. Shouldn't I be seeing environment variables? help.

Thanks

[klaus2008]

Hi, GCMartin!

You do not see the environment variables because your LXTerminal does not have enough lines to scroll back. If you issue

su
set > set.log
wc -l set.log

you will get the number of lines in the log file. I get 8454 lines. You can read the file set.log with an editor.

It is also possible to increase the number of saved lines in the LXTerminal's menu. I made the experience that I had to close my LXTerminal and open a new one after I had changed the number of lines to 10,000. Afterwards I could issue

su
set

and scroll backwards to the first line.