Quick Answer: What Is the Linux Command to Find out Which Shell You Are Using?
Contents

What kind of shells exist in Linux?

Bash is a Unix shell.

It was created as a substitute for Bourne shell and include much more scripting tools than Bourne shell like the csh and ksh shells.

Bash is a very common shell and you actually might be running it by default on your machine.

It is almost always available on all Linux distributions.

Which shell is the default shell used on Linux systems?

Bourne Again Shell combines the advantages of the Korn Shell and the C Shell. The default on most Linux distributions. When you login to a Linux machine (or open a shell window) you will normally be in the bash shell. You can change shell temporarily by running the appropriate shell command.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

Share this article
Twitter Facebook Pinterest