CircleCI CLI - Cannot get env vars working

Build Environment
1

I am attempting to use the -e option on the circleci cli to provide env vars, but cannot get them to work: Sample config:

The following config.yml:

version: 2.1

jobs:
  print-env:
    docker:
      - image: buildpack-deps:trusty
    steps:
      - run:
          command: |
            printenv
            export MY_INT_ENV_VAR=a_value;
            echo "MY_INT_ENV_VAR=$MY_INT_ENV_VAR";
            echo "MY_VAR=$MYVAR";
            echo "Env var A passed with -e option should be FOO, but is: $A **";
            echo "Env var B passed with -e option should be BAR, but is: $B **";
workflows:
  version: 2
  test:
    jobs:
      - print-env:
          name: "test-printenv"

executed locally with:
circleci local execute -e A=FOO -e B=BAR -c env.yml --job test-printenv

produces:

Docker image digest:     sha256:c9253479d1502905c0ecae748b0549ae3e0db7bfbf6c09540dff51d4a0b8f827
    ====>> Spin up Environment
    Build-agent version 1.0.23182-56371fc3 (2020-01-03T11:27:39+0000)
    Docker Engine Version: 19.03.8
    Kernel Version: Linux 4acd432a475c 4.19.76-linuxkit #1 SMP Thu Oct 17 19:31:58 UTC 2019 x86_64 Linux
    Starting container buildpack-deps:trusty
      using image buildpack-deps@sha256:bdafcfdbf9ecc32179bb31b781b4cda388a9dc9455c474a17a06550ab90acacc

    Using build environment variables
      BASH_ENV=/tmp/.bash_env-localbuild-1586981772
      CI=true
      CIRCLECI=true
      CIRCLE_BRANCH=xxxxxx
      CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=
      CIRCLE_JOB=test-printenv
      CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX=0
      CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL=1
      CIRCLE_REPOSITORY_URL=git@github.com:xxxx.git
      CIRCLE_SHA1=9bf592a27fc2c967bb37c09xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
      CIRCLE_SHELL_ENV=/tmp/.bash_env-localbuild-1586981772
      CIRCLE_WORKING_DIRECTORY=~/project

    Using environment variables from project settings and/or contexts
      [A=**REDACTED**

    The redacted variables listed above will be masked in run step output

    ====>> printenv
    export MY_INT_ENV_VAR=a_value;
    echo "MY_INT_ENV_VAR=$MY_INT_ENV_VAR";
    echo "MY_VAR=$MYVAR";
    echo "Env var A passed with -e option should be FOO, but is: $A **";
    echo "Env var B passed with -e option should be BAR, but is: $B **";

      #!/bin/bash -eo pipefail
    printenv
    export MY_INT_ENV_VAR=a_value;
    echo "MY_INT_ENV_VAR=$MY_INT_ENV_VAR";
    echo "MY_VAR=$MYVAR";
    echo "Env var A passed with -e option should be FOO, but is: $A **";
    echo "Env var B passed with -e option should be BAR, but is: $B **";

    [A=**********
    CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=
    HOSTNAME=9a537110937d
    CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL=1
    CIRCLE_INTERNAL_SCRATCH=/tmp/circleci-034436250
    CIRCLE_INTERNAL_TASK_DATA=/.circleci-task-data
    CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX=0
    CIRCLE_BRANCH=xxxxxxxxx
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/circleci-999999999/ssh_auth_sock
    CIRCLE_JOB=test-printenv
    CIRCLE_WORKING_DIRECTORY=~/project
    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
    PWD=/root/project
    CIRCLECI=true
    SHLVL=1
    HOME=/root
    CIRCLE_SHA1=9bf592a27fc2c967bb37c09a99999999999999
    CI=true
    CIRCLE_REPOSITORY_URL=git@github.com:xxxxxxxxx.git
    CIRCLE_INTERNAL_CONFIG=/.circleci-runner-config.json
    BASH_ENV=/tmp/.bash_env-localbuild-1586981772
    CIRCLE_SHELL_ENV=/tmp/.bash_env-localbuild-1586981772
    _=/usr/bin/printenv
    MY_INT_ENV_VAR=a_value
    MY_VAR=
    Env var A passed with -e option should be FOO, but is:  **
    Env var B passed with -e option should be BAR, but is:  **

Any help would be appreciated.

2

This looks to be a known bug, you can see the latest updates here: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/issues/391

3

Thank you.