Code: using System; public class Foo { static void Main(string []args) { Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", args[0], System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(args[0]) ); } } Test Run: martinf@monodev03:~/prj/cs/oratest> mono envshow.exe LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib: