TLDR

  1. pipe cat /proc/3268/environ to strings to get friendly output
  2. Use less -S to drop line wrap in

I want newlines. I don’t want line wrapping.

For a running process, given that process’s id, you can see the initial environment of the process by cat-ing the environ file in /proc/PID:

$ sudo cat /proc/3268/environ
MANPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/share/man:TERM=unknownSHELL=/bin/bashPERL5LIB=/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perlX_SCLS=rh-ruby24 rh-nodejs6 rh-git29 rh-passenger40 nginx16 USER=oodLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64SUDO_USER=apacheSUDO_UID=48USERNAME=rootPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/bin:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/sbin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/binMAIL=/var/mail/rootPWD=/LANG=CSHLVL=0SUDO_COMMAND=/opt/ood/nginx_stage/sbin/nginx_stage pun -u ood -a http%3a%2f%2flocalhost%3a8080%2fnginx%2finit%3fredir%3d%24http_x_forwarded_escaped_uriHOME=/rootPYTHONPATH=/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packagesLOGNAME=rootXDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/sharePKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfigSUDO_GID=48ONDEMAND_VERSION=1.4.3ONDEMAND_PORTAL=ondemandONDEMAND_TITLE=Open On

Unfortunately, the result is a little unweildy. strings can help with that:

$ sudo cat /proc/3268/environ | strings
MANPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/share/man:
TERM=unknown
SHELL=/bin/bash
PERL5LIB=/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
X_SCLS=rh-ruby24 rh-nodejs6 rh-git29 rh-passenger40 nginx16
USER=ood
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64
SUDO_USER=apache
SUDO_UID=48
USERNAME=root
...

Much better. Now I want to see how the environment for Ruby is setup.

$ sudo cat /proc/3268/environ | strings | grep ruby
MANPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/share/man:
X_SCLS=rh-ruby24 rh-nodejs6 rh-git29 rh-passenger40 nginx16
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64
PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/bin:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/sbin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig

Great! And I can open this in less which lets me navigate around:

$ sudo cat /proc/3268/environ | strings | grep ruby | less

MANPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/share/man:
X_SCLS=rh-ruby24 rh-nodejs6 rh-git29 rh-passenger40 nginx16
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64
PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/bin:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/sbin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig
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But the line wrap makes it a little difficult so lets see it all on one line:

$ sudo cat /proc/3268/environ | strings | grep ruby | less -S

MANPATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/share/man:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/u
X_SCLS=rh-ruby24 rh-nodejs6 rh-git29 rh-passenger40 nginx16
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64
PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/bin:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-nodejs6/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-git29/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/bin:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/sbin:/opt/rh/nginx16/ro
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/share:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-ruby24/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/rh-passenger40/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig
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