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.. literalinclude:: outputs/environments/env-activate-1.out
:language: console


You can also use the ``spacktivate`` alias for short.

.. note::
If you use the ``-p`` option for ``spack env activate``, Spack
will prepend the environment name to the prompt. This is a handy
way to be reminded if and which environment you are in.

You can also use the shorter ``spacktivate`` alias for ``spack env activate``.

.. note::
Alias behavior may vary depending on the shell interpreter used. In Bash,
use of aliases requires the shell option ``expand_aliases`` to be set.
This option is set by default, but it is not set in non-interactive shells,
e.g., when executing a Bash script. In a Bash script, ``expand_aliases``
can be set with the command ``shopt -s expand_aliases``.


Once you activate an environment, ``spack find`` only shows what is
in the current environment. We just created this environment, so it
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