>>> On 9/9/2009 at  2:48 PM, Judson West <[email protected]> wrote: 
-snip-
> After I login I decided to do a little shell game:
> 
> {jw121...@sdmsue810:113} bash
> {jw121...@sdmsue810:114} echo $SHELL
> /bin/csh
> {jw121...@sdmsue810:115} ksh
> 
> {jw121...@sdmsue810:116} echo $SHELL

Not all shells set the SHELL environment variable.  (t)csh for example uses 
"shell," ksh uses "is" and I'm sure there are other variations.


Mark Post

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