Fix dotenv get exiting with code 1 for empty string values

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `dotenv get` no longer exits with code 1 for empty string values (`KEY=`) by [@ShamikOfficial] in [#700]
 - An unquoted empty value followed by an inline comment (e.g. `KEY= # comment`) is now parsed as an empty string instead of the comment text by [@Noethix55555] in [#663]
 
 ## [1.2.3] - 2026-08-16
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ os.PathLike]` instead of just `os.PathLike` (#347 by [@bbc2]).
 [#640]: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/pull/640
 [#663]: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/pull/663
 [#680]: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/pull/680
+[#700]: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/pull/700
 [790c5c0]: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/commit/790c5c02991100aa1bf41ee5330aca75edc51311
 
 <!-- contributors -->
@@ -494,6 +496,7 @@ os.PathLike]` instead of just `os.PathLike` (#347 by [@bbc2]).
 [@randomseed42]: https://github.com/randomseed42
 [@sammck]: https://github.com/sammck
 [@samwyma]: https://github.com/samwyma
+[@ShamikOfficial]: https://github.com/ShamikOfficial
 [@sidharth-sudhir]: https://github.com/sidharth-sudhir
 [@snobu]: https://github.com/snobu
 [@techalchemy]: https://github.com/techalchemy

src/dotenv/cli.py

@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ def get(ctx: click.Context, key: Any) -> None:
     with stream_file(file) as stream:
         values = dotenv_values(stream=stream)
 
-    stored_value = values.get(key)
-    if stored_value:
-        click.echo(stored_value)
-    else:
+    # Empty strings are valid values; only missing keys / bare keys (None) fail.
+    if key not in values or values[key] is None:
         sys.exit(1)
+    click.echo(values[key])
 
 
 @cli.command()

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ def test_get_existing_value(cli, dotenv_path):
     assert (result.exit_code, result.output) == (0, "b\n")
 
 
+def test_get_empty_string_value(cli, dotenv_path):
+    """Empty string values must not be treated as missing (truthiness trap)."""
+    dotenv_path.write_text("a=\n")
+
+    result = cli.invoke(dotenv_cli, ["--file", dotenv_path, "get", "a"])
+
+    assert (result.exit_code, result.output) == (0, "\n")
+
+
 def test_get_non_existent_value(cli, dotenv_path):
     result = cli.invoke(dotenv_cli, ["--file", dotenv_path, "get", "a"])