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Old 11-21-2011
shell type.. /bin/uvalid?
Hi,

I gave a command echo $SHELL --> To find out the shell I'm using, which gave me the below output
Code:
echo $SHELL
/bin/uvalid

what does it mean?

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Last edited by Franklin52; 11-21-2011 at 08:09 AM..
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Old 11-21-2011
hi, can u enter below command and see what SHELL is showing ??

Code:
 env | grep -i shell

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