Here there are some of the commands around (linux) shells that I keep needing and I keep forgetting.

  • Finding what shell is in use:
    echo "$SHELL"
    
  • Checking what are the installed shells:
    cat /etc/shells
    
  • To temporaly changing the shell, enter its name in the command line. For example to temporaly change to tcsh:
    tcsh
    

    Once you are done you can exit the temporary shell

    exit
    
  • Changing the default shell to tcsh (this will be operative at the next connection):
    chsh -s /bin/tcsh