unset

NAME

SYNOPSIS

unset [-fv] [-n] [name ...]

DESCRIPTION

For each name, remove the corresponding variable or function.  If the -v option is given, each name refers to a shell variable, and that variable is removed.  Read-only variables may not be unset.  If -f is specified, each name refers to a shell function, and the function definition is removed.  If the -n option is supplied, and name is a variable with the nameref attribute, name will be unset rather than the variable it references.  -n has no effect if the -f option is supplied.  If no options are supplied, each name refers to a variable; if there is no variable by that name, any function with that name is unset.  Each unset variable or function is removed from the environment passed to subsequent commands.  If any of COMP_WORDBREAKS, RANDOM, SECONDS, LINENO, HISTCMD, FUNCNAME, GROUPS, or DIRSTACK are unset, they lose their special properties, even if they are subsequently reset.  The exit status is true unless a name is readonly.

SEE ALSO

This is extracted from the main bash man page, see there for more details.