Passing custom arguments into rails console (2.2.2) - ruby-on-rails

I have a rails 2.2.2 app. I'd like to be able to start the console by passing in a custom variable, which i can then retrieve inside my environment. Something like
#i start console like so
rails/console production -uid 1182
Then, anywhere in my code, i would be able to access this "uid" variable in the same sort of way that i can access ENV['HOME'] or things like that. (it doesn't need to be in ENV, just so long as i can access it reliably).
Anyone know how i can do this? thanks, max

Try this:
uid=1182 rails/console production
This way you set env variable, accessible from Ruby with:
ENV['uid']

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