Feb 28, 2015 · So to print the default shell for your user, you can run: printf '%s\n' "${SHELL}" Off the top of my head I can't think of a reason why SHELL could be unset / overriden, but to accomplish the exact same without relying on it: getent passwd $(id -un) | cut -d: -f7 Note that my shell is Zsh, and I'm running these commands in Bash:

May 5, 2012 · I am trying to set ZSH as my default shell, however it keeps reverting back to bash. I have tried this code: sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) I've also tried: sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh Also tried these commands without sudo. Any ideas on what else I need to do.

Jun 21, 2021 · chsh-> change shell-s-> specify which shell $(which zsh)-> run command which zsh and return it as operand to chsh -i; Some distributions store binaries (like your shell) in different locations. So there is no one-fits-all tutorial for chsh. To make sure you give a valid path to chsh, you can search for zsh. This are 2 steps, combined in one ...

Jan 2, 2021 · I've just installed zsh on Ubuntu 20.04 and decided to change it back to bash. I tried common way which is chsh but it doesn't work. Reference: changing shell from zsh to bash Current shell wolf@li...

May 6, 2018 · This is what i every time do After installing a ubuntu/debian on Physical/Virtual computer to setup ZSH. Check Shell echo $0 Install Git, cURL, wget as prequisites; sudo apt install curl git wget Install ZSH shell; sudo apt install zsh Change Default Shell; chsh -s $(which zsh) Alternative 3 ways

Apr 17, 2015 · It was also enough for me to log out and log back in after changing the default shell using the chsh command. A little confusing at first when I didn't see zsh after setting my new default shell, but I expect gnome-terminal reads this information at login time and thus requires logging in again for the changes to take effect. –

Problem 1. The default login shell hasn't been changed in /etc/passwd this can be solved by running chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh which will update /etc/passwd. Problem 2. Bash is still used even after changing the default login shell using chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh and confirming that your shell is actually set to zsh in /etc/passwd. This is caused by ...

Nov 14, 2022 · For each name, with no value, zsh will print the name and what it is aliased to previously. With no arguments at all, alias prints the values of ALL defined aliases. To define one or more aliases, simply enter: alias name1=value1 name2=value2 ... nameX=valueX For each name with a corresponding value, zsh defines an alias with that value.

Can the zsh shell be configured to show what bash shows when a command does not exist, similarly to this: kahless:~$ sysv-rc-conf The program 'sysv-rc-conf' is currently not installed. You can

Sep 21, 2017 · If you like me purge zsh without set other default shell, you need to copy content from .bashrc.save to .bashrc with some editor – Jonatas Eduardo Commented Dec 5, 2020 at 20:50