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A Unix shell is described in [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell this wikipedia article].
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A Unix shell is described in [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell this wikipedia article]. You can find out what shell you are in with the $SHELL variable like this:
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$ echo $SHELL
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/bin/bash
  
 
= See also =
 
= See also =
 
* [[bash]] -- the default Linux shell
 
* [[bash]] -- the default Linux shell
 
* [[shell programming]]
 
* [[shell programming]]

Revision as of 11:35, 2 January 2012

A Unix shell is described in this wikipedia article. You can find out what shell you are in with the $SHELL variable like this:

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

See also