A small help

Gins · 05-31-2005, 01:50 PM

tty*
cat*
fgrep*
more*
su*

rbash@
view@
dnsdomainname@

When I wrote the ' ls ' command, I saw the above files.

What is the meaning of * files?

What is the meaning of @ files?

Finally I have forgotten the command which tells me the name of the shell. Could you please tell me the command to find out the name of the current directory?

I wrote ' pwd ' and pressed enter. It tells me the current directory only.

Your help is appreciated

Padma · 05-31-2005, 01:58 PM

The * files are executable files. They can be "run" by typing in their name.

The @ files are links. The file they are actually pointing to can be seen by typing "ls -l".

"pwd" shows the name of the current directory.

The shell you are using should be seen by the command "echo $SHELL". (But I am at work on a WIndows box, and cannot confirm that.)

Gins · 05-31-2005, 02:26 PM

Thank you

echo $SHELL ---> This command works fine. I am in the 'bash' shell.

Could you please tell me the command to find out all the other shell on my system?

Padma · 05-31-2005, 03:33 PM

I don't know any command that lists all the shells available on a system.

You could try "ls /bin/*sh". That will list any command in /bin that end in "sh", like "bash", "csh", "zsh", etc. Not every file listed will necessarily be a shell, but most probably will. Check their man pages to be sure.

Tinkster · 05-31-2005, 03:37 PM

Ummm ... impossible to answer ... have a
ls -l /bin/*sh
That should give you most of the shells,
maybe more than those :}

Cheers,
Tink