title: can seem to export environment variable from bash script
body: <p>I am working on a remote server through putty and am trying to set certain environment variables throught something like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  VAR="SOME VALUE"
  export $VAR
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when I exit the script and run echo on $VAR, I am given a blank line. could you please suggest a way around this.</p>