On 07/07/09 01:24, Sean Miller wrote: > Not on my Ubuntu machine, my default user is still using bash.
I would be surprised if the default shell is bash. /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/dash as Dave explained. If you look at a user's default shell in /etc/passwd you will see most (if not all) point to bin/sh. (Although interestingly I note that root points to bin/bash). In /bin you have both shell interpreters: bash and dash. > And when writing scripts you put the shell at the top anyway, and > that's been for me #!/bin/bash in recent history. This is correct. But many default scripts in Ubuntu will say #!/bin/sh > Therefore if writing shell scripts I believe bash is still the one you want. Bash is probably the most widespread and consistent shell I agree. When I write scripts I normally point them at bash. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
