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# 1  
Old 03-30-2009
Login Shell
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?
# 2  
Old 03-30-2009
grep <youraccount> /etc/passwd...
# 3  
Old 03-30-2009
Hi Vbe

Yes, this is possible. But what in case the user is in a ldap directory?
# 4  
Old 03-30-2009
Quote:
cho $SHELL
but this is not doing the job..
What does this return?
# 5  
Old 03-30-2009
maybe :
Code:
 ps -ef|grep "$$"|grep -ve grep -e ps

# 6  
Old 03-30-2009
Code:
ps -p$$

# 7  
Old 03-30-2009
Quite right radoulov!
But I was expecting someone coming up with a "killer" sed stuff, not something that easySmilie
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