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Old 09-07-2005
Command to findout the current shell?
Hi,

Can you please tell me if there is anyway we can findout which shell we are using (is there any command?)

Many thanks,
# 2  
Old 09-07-2005
from the command line you can try: echo $0
# 3  
Old 09-07-2005
That's great. Thanks you so much for your speedy response
# 4  
Old 09-07-2005
Many environments have the environment variable SHELL -
Code:
echo $SHELL

as well.
# 5  
Old 09-07-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Many environments have the environment variable SHELL -
Code:
echo $SHELL

as well.
Code:
$ echo $SHELL         
/usr/local/bin/bash
$ tcsh
$ echo $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/bash

but...
Code:
$ echo $0
bash
$ tcsh
$ echo $0
tcsh

# 6  
Old 09-07-2005
Yes. it shows the login shell, which I should have mentioned.
 
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