Wishlist: add a `--env` option to `%%script` to set environment variables
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It would be nice to be able to set environment variables when invoking an external program/script. It can currently be done with command line games, eg: on most linux flavours you could do:
```
%%script env myScriptVar=someValue ruby
...
```
but it would seem more natural for the capability to be in `%%script`, not the least because it could be platform agnostic.
One potential approach would be to allow arbitrary `Popen` args (as a dict perhaps?).
ps: the `env` command also allows unsetting environment variables - another useful option, but perhaps less important..
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