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Old 01-08-2012
default shell for the user
for example, if we specify,
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

then the script will be executed in korn shell.
If we don't specify that line, the script will be executed using the default shell.
So, how we can identify the default shell for the current user?
Will it be in .profile file ?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-08-2012
Code:
grep "username" /etc/passwd

last field
# 3  
Old 01-08-2012
echo $SHELL
Quote:
Originally Posted by pandeesh
for example, if we specify,
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

then the script will be executed in korn shell.
If we don't specify that line, the script will be executed using the default shell.
So, how we can identify the default shell for the current user?
Will it be in .profile file ?

Thanks
Hello,

use echo $SHELL

Regards
# 4  
Old 01-08-2012
use echo $0
Code:
$ echo $0
-bash

Last edited by Franklin52; 01-16-2012 at 04:26 AM..
# 5  
Old 01-08-2012
Thanks!!
Code:
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~$grep "pandeeswaran" /etc/passwd|cut -d: -f7
/bin/bash

also works

---------- Post updated at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:51 PM ----------

i have one more query:
Code:
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~$ echo $0
bash
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

Why echo $0 returns bash alone where as the second command returns /bin/bash?

Thanks
# 6  
Old 01-09-2012
Echo $0 ==>will give you the shell type
Echo $SHELL ==> will give you the absolute path of the shell

thanks,
venkat
# 7  
Old 01-15-2012
Thanks!
I have tried the below code for listing out all the shells:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/sh
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/csh
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/ksh
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/csh
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/zsh
echo $SHELL
#!/bin/ash
echo $SHELL

But i have got the result as:
Code:
/bin/bash
/bin/bash
/bin/bash
/bin/bash
/bin/bash
/bin/bash
/bin/bash

After that i have understood that
Code:
echo $0

is giving the subshell.
So i have changed the script to:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo $0
#!/bin/sh
echo ${0}
#!/bin/csh
echo ${0}
#!/bin/ksh
echo ${0}
#!/bin/csh
echo $0
#!/bin/zsh
echo $0
#!/bin/ash
echo $0

But i am getting :
Code:
pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~$ ./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1
./shells_1

Please help me to achieve to list out the shells.

Thanks
 
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