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.env file comments preventing use of .env

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
October 29, 2025
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I really want to like the local .env handling.

However the header inserted in the .env file as a "warning comment" is interfering with my usage.

If I regenerate the .env file from 1Password after loading my original, it inserts a "header".

```

# This file was generated by 1Password. Any manual edits will be lost.

# For more information, visit: https://developer.1password.com/docs/environments/local-env-file

```

if I try to use this file locally it immediately files to export the env vars:

[13:47:14] (base) ➜ xxx git:(development) export $(< .env)
export: not an identifier: 1Password.

If I remove the 2 header lines (I do not need to be warned) then it works perfectly.

Best answer by sid

Hey @tjchambers,

Thanks for trying out the local .env feature and sharing your feedback!

You can get this working without removing the header by using a slightly different command:

set -a
source .env
set +a

or

export $(grep -vE '^(#|$)' .env | xargs)

Those should properly ignores comments in the file and load only the actual key-value pairs.

The issue you’re seeing happens because `export $(< .env)` assumes there are no comments or extra lines in the file, so it tries to export "1Password." as a variable name and errors out.

Does that help?

sidAnswer

1Password Employee

Hey @tjchambers,

Thanks for trying out the local .env feature and sharing your feedback!

You can get this working without removing the header by using a slightly different command:

set -a
source .env
set +a

or

export $(grep -vE '^(#|$)' .env | xargs)

Those should properly ignores comments in the file and load only the actual key-value pairs.

The issue you’re seeing happens because `export $(< .env)` assumes there are no comments or extra lines in the file, so it tries to export "1Password." as a variable name and errors out.

Does that help?

T

tjchambersAuthor

I can make that work. Thank you much for the suggestion.

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