$ export MY_NAME="Wade Wilson"

    // Then you could use it with other programs, like
    $ echo "Hello $MY_NAME"

    Hello Wade Wilson
    ```

    </div>

=== "🚪 📋"

    <div class="termy">

    ```console
    // Create an env var MY_NAME
    $ $Env:MY_NAME = "Wade Wilson"

    // Use it with other programs, like
    $ echo "Hello $Env:MY_NAME"

    Hello Wade Wilson

    If you want something quick to copy and paste, don't use this example, use the last one below.

Then, when you create an instance of that `Settings` class (in this case, in the `settings` object), Pydantic will read the environment variables in a case-insensitive way, so, an upper-case variable `APP_NAME` will still be read for the attribute `app_name`.