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Try this :<br />
ps -ef | grep $$ | awk '{print $8}' 
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Try this :
ps -ef | grep $$ | awk '{print $8}'

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Actually, you might like : ps ef | grep $$ | awk '{print $11}', I'm sure you can find something you like playing around with ps and awk.
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Actually, you might like : ps ef | grep $$ | awk '{print $11}', I'm sure you can find something you like playing around with ps and awk.

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echo $SHELL will do in most cases.
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grep `whoami` /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print NF}
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grep `whoami` /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print NF}

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Hello, <br />
<br />
I need to write a shell script to set some environment variables. My current version of the script is setup for the bash unix/linux profile. &nbsp;How can I make the shell script dynamically figure out what shell is currently being used so that I can apply the appropriate environment variable commands?<br />
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ANT_HOME=/auto/energywise/<wbr />apache-ant<wbr />-1.8.2<br />
export ANT_HOME
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Hello, 

I need to write a shell script to set some environment variables. My current version of the script is setup for the bash unix/linux profile.  How can I make the shell script dynamically figure out what shell is currently being used so that I can apply the appropriate environment variable commands?

ANT_HOME=/auto/energywise/apache-ant-1.8.2
export ANT_HOME

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