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export pod names in kubernetes
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  1. Create a export-pod-name.sh file with the following content:
POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp --selector=YOUR-SELECTOR-KEY=YOUR-SELECTOR-VALUE -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' | tail -n1)
# Example:
# POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp --selector=app=nginx -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' | tail -n1)

export POD_NAME=$POD_NAME
  1. Run script (notice the dot at the beginning!)
. export-pod-name.sh
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