# See what my ENV Variable resolves to **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Environment\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/see-what-my-env-variable-resolves-to/5773 "2016-08-18T15:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ericrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@ericrab](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ericrab)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/see-what-my-env-variable-resolves-to/5773/1 "2016-08-18T15:28:45Z")
I have an older developer that set up my build…and he put in an ENV variable to a external URL…Is there a way to find out what decodes to for circle ci ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/see-what-my-env-variable-resolves-to/5773/2 "2016-08-18T22:18:23Z")
You can’t from the [CircleCI.com](http://CircleCI.com) UI. Perhaps print the contents of the variable to a file while SSHing into the build? Or even save the file as an artifact. ---
**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/see-what-my-env-variable-resolves-to/5773/3 "2016-08-19T19:06:02Z")
You can also echo it as a part of your build. `echo $ENVAR` Of course, if this is a secret you would be better off doing this over SSH so that it is not a part of your build ouput. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/see-what-my-env-variable-resolves-to/5773/4 "2018-06-18T11:38:38Z")