Selecting a Shell to Use
The login shell is the command interpreter that runs when you log in. The Solaris 9 operating environment offers three commonly used shells:
The Bourne shell (/sbin/sh) This is the default shell. It is a command interpreter that executes commands read from a terminal or a file.
The C shell (/bin/csh) This is a command interpreter with a C-like syntax. The C shell provides a number of convenient features for interactive use that are not available with the Bourne shell, including filename completion, command aliasing, and history substitution.
The Korn shell (/bin/ksh) This is a command interpreter that executes commands read from a terminal or a file.
When writing scripts, you can use any of these three shells. ...
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