How to change value of process.env.PORT in node.js?

I'd like to change the value of process.env.PORT, how can I do this?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.

For just one run (from the unix shell prompt):

$ PORT=1234 node app.js

More permanently:

$ export PORT=1234
$ node app.js

In Windows:

set PORT=1234

In Windows PowerShell:

$env:PORT = 1234

If you want to do this to run on port 80 (or want to set the env variable more permanently),

  1. Open up your bash profile vim ~/.bash_profile
  2. Add the environment variable to the file export PORT=80
  3. Open up the sudoers config file sudo visudo
  4. Add the following line to the file exactly as so Defaults env_keep +="PORT"

Now when you run sudo node app.js it should work as desired.