withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'my-creds', usernameVariable: 'USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'PASSWORD')]) { // available as an env variable, but will be masked if you try to print it out any which way // note: single quotes prevent Groovy interpolation; expansion is by Bourne Shell, which is what you want sh 'echo $PASSWORD > tmp' // also available as a Groovy variable echo USERNAME // or inside double quotes for string interpolation echo "username is $USERNAME" }