How to use a bash variable, which holds a value to the below subsequent cells in Data bricks notebook?

[VeeraNerella]

%sh

export a

a=100

echo $a

OUTPUT: 100

in the below cell trying to use the variable a, but it's not printing the value

%sh

echo $a

OUTPUT:

[Hubert-Dudek]

Hi, bash is not supported as notebook language. Instead, it is a magic cell executing shell script on the driver node.

[VeeraNerella]

Okay...

In data bricks notebook, is there a way to declare a bash variable as a global variable and use that variable's value in the subsequent cells in the notebook?

like mentioned in the attachment

[Hubert-Dudek]

You can configure custom environment variables

1. On the cluster configuration page, click the Advanced Options toggle.
2. Click the Spark tab.
3. Set the environment variables in the Environment Variables field.

[Kaniz]

Hi @Veera N​ , We haven’t heard from you on the last response from @Hubert Dudek​, and I was checking back to see if his suggestions helped you.

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[VeeraNerella]

Hi Kaniz, seems this is limitation in databricks notebook(S)

"How to use a bash variable, which holds a value to the below subsequent cells in Data bricks notebook?"

So alternatively, i used all commands in the same cell and moved forward, i didn't find any alternative as of now