How do I display which shells are available to use?

petulia3478

To show the shells I can use in most unix platforms you can display the contents of /etc/shells, any shell shown you can use

[unixbod@venus ~]$ cat /etc/shells
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/sbin/nologin
/bin/tcsh
/bin/csh
/bin/ksh
/bin/zsh

To change you shell to any one the listed ones, you can use a command called "chsh", you maybe prompted for the password on some platforms

Note that "chsh" changes your shell for every subsequent login, to change it just for one login session just type the full path of the shell you want to use and then type CTRL-D afterwards or just exit.