Frequent Question: How Do I Find My Default Shell in Linux?
Contents Readlink /Proc/$$/Exe – Another Option to Get the Current Shell Name Reliably on Linux Operating Systems. Cat /Etc/Shells – List Pathnames of Valid...
readlink /proc/$$/exe – Another option to get the current shell name reliably on Linux operating systems. cat /etc/shells – List pathnames of valid login shells currently installed. grep “^$USER” /etc/passwd – Print the default shell name. The default shell runs when you open a terminal window.
How do I find my default shell OSX?
From System Preferences
Hold the Ctrl key, click your user account’s name in the left pane, and select “Advanced Options.” Click the “Login Shell” dropdown box and select “/bin/bash” to use Bash as your default shell or “/bin/zsh” to use Zsh as your default shell. Click “OK” to save your changes.
How do I find my terminal shell?
You can simply use echo $0 command to check which shell you are using and <name_of_the_shell> –version to check the version of the shell. (eg. bash –version ).
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