export not working in my shell script

Question

I have two scripts 1.sh and 2.sh.

1.sh is as follows:

#!/bin/sh
variable=\"thisisit\"
export variable

2.sh is as follows:

Answer 1

export puts a variable in the executing shell's environment so it is passed to processes executed by the script, but not to the process calling the script or any other processes. Try executing

#!/bin/sh
FOO=bar
env | grep '^FOO='

and

#!/bin/sh
FOO=bar
export FOO
env | grep '^FOO='

to see the effect of export.

To get the variable from 1.sh to 2.sh, either call 2.sh from 1.sh, or import 1.sh in 2.sh:

#!/bin/sh
. ./1.sh
echo $variable