user@mac ~ $ test_value="awdaDWAD" python
Python 2.7.10 (default, Oct 23 2015, 19:19:21)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 7.0.0 (clang-700.0.59.5)] on darwin
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>>> import os
>>> print os.getenv('test_value')
awdaDWAD