Kubernetes: kubectlは$ KUBECONFIG設定を尊重していませんか？

デフォルトの代わりにKUBECONFIGを使用することに重点を置いていますが、環境変数として機能していないようです。

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$ cluster/kubectl.sh config view --kubeconfig="/Users/me/.kube/gce"
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: REDACTED
    server: https://104.154.55.112
  name: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
    user: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
  name: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
current-context: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes
  user:
    client-certificate-data: REDACTED
    client-key-data: REDACTED
    token: REDACTED
- name: linear-pointer-51831_kubernetes-basic-auth
  user:
    password: <password>
    username: admin

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$ KUBECONFIG="/Users/me/.kube/gce"

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$ echo $KUBECONFIG
/Users/me/.kube/gce

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$ cluster/kubectl.sh config view
apiVersion: v1
clusters: []
contexts: []
current-context: ""
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users: []

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$ cluster/kubectl.sh get po --kubeconfig="/Users/me/.kube/gce"
NAME                                           READY     REASON    RESTARTS   AGE
fluentd-cloud-logging-kubernetes-minion-4zgf   1/1       Running   0          1d
fluentd-cloud-logging-kubernetes-minion-8w6v   1/1       Running   0          1d
fluentd-cloud-logging-kubernetes-minion-lhom   1/1       Running   0          1d
fluentd-cloud-logging-kubernetes-minion-tr0n   1/1       Running   0          1d
kube-dns-v4-f7mdy                              3/3       Running   0          1d
monitoring-heapster-v4-t2iru                   1/1       Running   0          1d
monitoring-influx-grafana-v1-srtjm             2/2       Running   0          1d

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私は何か間違ったことをしていますか？