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Re: How do I detect which shell (ksh, bash, csh, zsh, tcsh) is currently

moma

2004-12-27, 5:52 pm

Carl Minter wrote:
> Imagine I have an open x-term. Now I want to detect which shell is currently used.
> How do I find this out?
>
> Carl
>

$ echo $0
ksh

$ $0 --version
tcsh 6.13.00 (Astron) 2004-05-19 (i586-intel-linux) options..

(
Some manuals advises to test

$ echo "$SHELL"
/bin/bash # HARD TO TELL!

$ echo "$shell"
)