Login Shell

gurubarancse · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

Hi all

I would like to know what my current shell is? i.e The shell at the time of login.

I knw the below commands

echo $SHELL

but this is not doing the job..

Any other way to find it?

What is the below line doin?

ps -ef | grep $PPID

Will this fetchn the corret shell the user is in?

vbe · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

grep <youraccount> /etc/passwd...

gurubarancse · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

Hi Vbe

Yes, this is possible. But what in case the user is in a ldap directory?

vibhor_agarwali · #4 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

Quote:

cho $SHELL
but this is not doing the job..

What does this return?

vbe · #5 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

maybe :

Code:

 ps -ef|grep "$$"|grep -ve grep -e ps

radoulov · #6 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

Code:

ps -p$$

vbe · #7 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009

Quite right radoulov!
But I was expecting someone coming up with a "killer" sed stuff, not something that easy

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