#!/usr/bin/env python3 import os import sys ENV_VAR_VALUE = os.environ.get('ENV_VAR_VALUE') assert ENV_VAR_VALUE is not None with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as infile, \ open(sys.argv[2], 'w') as outfile: outfile.write(infile.read().replace('ENV_VAR_VALUE', ENV_VAR_VALUE))