toddbluhm/env-cmd

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

env-cmd is a Node.js CLI tool that executes commands with environment variables loaded from an env file. It supports custom env file paths, multiple environments via .rc files, variable expansion, and cross-platform usage in npm scripts.

Use cases

• run a command with environment variables from a .env file
• load different env configurations per environment in npm scripts
• set environment variables cross-platform without shell-specific syntax
• merge multiple named environments from an rc file
• expand $VAR references in command arguments
• avoid overriding already-set environment variables when running commands

When to choose

• you need to run node or other commands with env vars from a file in npm scripts
• you want cross-platform env loading for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• you need multiple named environment configs in one project

When to avoid

• you only need to load env vars inside a Node.js process rather than spawn a command (use dotenv)
• you need complex secret management or encrypted env files
• your runtime already has built-in env file support (e.g. Node 20+ --env-file)

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli configuration-management developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform cli environment-variables dotenv env-file npm typescript command-line automation nodejs

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