chsh—change your login shell

chsh [ -s shell ] [ -l ] [ -u ] [ -v ] [ username ]

chsh is used to change your login shell. If a shell is not given on the command line, chsh prompts for one. All valid shells are listed in the /etc/shells file.

-s, --shell Specifies your login shell.
-l, --list-shells Prints the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exits.
-u, --help Prints a usage message and exits.
-v, --version Prints version information and exits.
Example A.12. 
1 $ chsh -l
					/bin/bash
					/bin/sh
					/bin/ash
					/bin/bsh
					/bin/tcsh
					/bin/csh
					/bin/ksh
					/bin/zsh

2 $ chsh
					Changing shell for ellie.
					New shell [/bin/sh] tcsh
					chsh: shell ust be a full path name.

Explanation

  1. Lists all available shells on this Linux system.

  2. Asks the user to type in ...

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