Invalid Identifier Error When Exporting Environment Variable 12B_DIR

[alexander-knox]

Python -VV

Python 3.12.3 (main, Sep 11 2024, 14:17:37) [GCC 13.2.0]

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mistral_common==1.4.4
mistral_inference==1.5.0
mpmath==1.3.0
networkx==3.4.1
numpy==2.1.2
nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.1.3.1
nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.1.105
nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.1.105
nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.1.105
nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.1.0.70
nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.0.2.54
nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.2.106
nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.4.5.107
nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.1.0.106
nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.20.5
nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.6.77
nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.1.105
pillow==10.4.0
pydantic==2.9.2
pydantic_core==2.23.4
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regex==2024.9.11
requests==2.32.3
rpds-py==0.20.0
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sentencepiece==0.2.0
setuptools==75.2.0
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sympy==1.13.3
termcolor==2.5.0
tiktoken==0.7.0
torch==2.4.1
triton==3.0.0
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urllib3==2.2.3
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Reproduction Steps

1. Inside of a Bash shell, attempt to execute the command example shown on line 79 of the README.md file located in this project's root directory, i.e. "export 12B_DIR=$MISTRAL_MODEL/12B_Nemo"
2. Receive the error: "-bash: export: `12B_DIR=/home/my/path/mistral_models/12B_Nemo': not a valid identifier"

Expected Behavior

Successful export of the environment variable.

Additional Context

Other shells may or may not have this problem? But in Bash, environment variables must not begin with a digit or number.

Suggested Solutions

Perhaps the variable could be renamed to DIR_12B?

First issue I've ever found. Hope this is OK. Thank you for your hard work on this amazing project.