Bash!

Although, I do like the tab completion in zsh better.

Like Druuna, started on ksh on (various) Unix (did the course at HP iirc), then moved onto Linux+bash.
Basically, they are very compatible with each other and frequently the default on Unix, Linux respectively.
I've moved around a bit, so its easier to go with those, as well as them being both pretty capable.

Bash, btw i never tried something else because all distributions i used are coming with bash.

It amazes me a bit that Linux users say "bash because that's the default" or something analogous to that. If you mindlessly go with the default, how is it that you aren't running windoze, because that is almost certainly what came on that computer you are using. (Yes, I suppose some people are running Linux on custom-built or Mac h/w, but I'll bet they are a minority, possibly a vocal minority.)

If you went from bash to tcsh, there would be a learning curve. But I'd guess most people could move to zsh (which I believe to be a far better shell than bash) without having to unlearn anything, and then the additional features of zsd could be put to use as and when needed.

Presumably everyone reading this had the get up and go to learn Linux... so consider taking some of that energy and try another shell out some time; you might find that the investment of time pays big dividends for you.

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You do realize that you do not necessarily have to change something just becase it's default! And yes, there are more reasons to use than *just* the ability to change everything away from default. I am not saying you implied that - I am simply stating my opinion that one does not have to change everything if there are no perceived problems (for that person).

I really didn't used other shells than bash so it's my choice.

been using zsh for bout a month now. I like it. of course bash is still great. I just like zsh better so far.

I use bash personally, but I have many friends/co-workers who use tcsh. They're wrong in their choice of shell, but they're still my friends :-D.

I've been meaning to give zsh and fish a serious spin, but I have jsut never gotten around to it.

Yes, of course one can happily accept defaults. But "because it is the default" is hardly a good reason to tell everyone why you use something. If someone says they use bash because they like feature X, Y or Z, that's real information, and that information might be useful to someone else. Saying "I use program XYZ" with no further comment seems pretty useless to me, given that you have a chance to register your vote above.

The top pick from the poll above.

tcsh

Back in System-III era, there were only two choices: "sh" (bourne shell) and "csh" (the C-Shell)
Given only those two, the choice is easy for a working day shell environment: csh
csh is *not* useful for scripting (and neither is tcsh)

Then came posix-sh, ksh, zsh, and tcsh. Later came bash.
Having worked with csh for years, tcsh offered everything I missed and bash didn't offer anything to make me switch.

Both have gone through many many improvements, and I must say that when I would be a newcomer now, I'd go for bash
but with tcsh still under improvements, and te devel team being very responsive for the (very) little amount of problems flagged, It seems unlikely that I will switch to anything other than tcsh soon

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Happy to see another tcsh user . I figured there had to be at least one
other person using it here in LQ

Hi,
Hmm. Bash is from the GNU project and sits well above the kernel: Linux or otherwise.

Evo2.

Bash. Not only is it the best supported shell, but it's also a staple requirement for building or rebuilding a Linux system from the ground up.

Hi,

originally I'd interpreted the poll question as referring to login shells, but the general question is much broader.

For login shells I love the power of zsh, for scripting I'll write straight bourne shell specifying #!/bin/sh, or if I want more features it'll be /bin/bash, but for the system I have /bin/sh symlinked to dash.

Evo2.