How can I access Docker set Environment Variables From a Cron Job

Question

I\'ve recently tried running a cron job from within a linked docker container and run into an issue. My main docker container is linked to a postgres container and its port numb

Answer 1

You can run the following command

. <(xargs -0 bash -c 'printf "export %q\n" "$@"' -- < /proc/1/environ)

This is exceptionally works when you have the environment variables with special characters like ' " =