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Find the current shell

There are a few ways to determine the current shell echo $0 ps -p $$ echo $SHELL

Bash • Change shell

Change the shell

To change the current bash run these commands export SHELL=/bin/bash exec /bin/bash to change the bash that opens on startup edit .profile and add those lines

Bash • Change shell

List available shells

To list available login shells : cat /etc/shells Example: $ cat /etc/shells # /etc/shells: valid login shells /bin/sh /bin/dash /bin/bash /bin/rbash

Bash • Change shell