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12-20-2007, 04:54 AM
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shell versus bash, whats the difference?
I know what a shell is,
but how do i know that bash is my default shell?
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12-20-2007, 04:56 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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your default shell is listed in /etc/passwd
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12-20-2007, 05:04 AM
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shell vs. bash
thanks alot chris for such a quick reply !
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12-20-2007, 07:41 AM
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12-21-2007, 01:13 AM
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Also, Google Linux is your friend. A search will display the differences rather quickly.  |
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12-21-2007, 07:21 AM
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thank 2 all of u
thanks alot folks !
i appreciate any further discussion on the subject cause i like to learn as much as i can on any subject concerning Linux !
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