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How do I find out what shell I am running? &nbsp;I don't have access to the /etc/passwd file and everything is managed by the admin folks.<br />
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Is there a UNIX command or some sort of trick to ask what shell I am running at start-up?
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How do I find out what shell I am running?  I don't have access to the /etc/passwd file and everything is managed by the admin folks.

Is there a UNIX command or some sort of trick to ask what shell I am running at start-up?

Which Shell Am I Running?

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.