shell

morfeus80 · 01-23-2008, 03:20 AM

Hallo, what's the command I have to type to know the kind of shell I'm using (bash, ksh, chs...)?

sophkos · 01-23-2008, 03:27 AM

It's echo $0

colucix · 01-23-2008, 03:36 AM

Or look at the value of the environment variable SHELL

Code:

echo $SHELL

morfeus80 · 01-23-2008, 03:56 AM

Ok, it works, thanks!
Another question: if I use the explorer to visulize the folders, I can't see the hiden folder (those with the . at the beginning), so how can I change that option?

morfeus80 · 01-23-2008, 04:00 AM

Sorry, I found the solution!

Chris.C · 01-23-2008, 04:00 AM

Under the View menu, there should be a checkbox for, "show hidden files", check that, and you're set.

colucix · 01-23-2008, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morfeus80

Another question: if I use the explorer to visulize the folders, I can't see the hiden folder (those with the . at the beginning), so how can I change that option?

It depends on which "explorer" do you mean. If using GNOME as Desktop Environment, maybe you're referring to Nautilus. If this is the case under the menu "View" check "Show Hidden Files".

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