export VARNAME="my value" # shorter, less portable version
# Linux - Bash
# syntax
# export *<variable-name>=*<variable-value>;
# example
export ORACLE_SID='sales_database';
# syntax
# setenv SHELL *<filepath-of-file-containing-environment-settings>
# example
setenv SHELL /usr/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/openjdk11
vi ~/.bash_profile