Tag: shell

How to find out which shell is in use in Linux

Posted by Alex On March 15, 2021

Linux shells There are several Linux shells, each with its own characteristics. Examples of popular shells are Bash (which is the default shell on many distributions) and ZSH (which is the default shell on Kali Linux, it has many fans). The shell information is contained in the $SHELL environment variable to see its value and to find out which shell...

How to change the login shell in Linux. chsh instruction

Posted by Alex On February 20, 2021

What is a login shell for? In practical terms, the selected login shell determines the default shell for the user. Although, of course, nothing prevents you from running any other shell installed on your system. How to find out what shells are installed on the system To change the default shell for a user, you need to know which shells...

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