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13 .TH CHSH 1 "7 October 1998" "chsh" "Linux Reference Manual"
15 chsh \- change your login shell
18 [\ \-s\ shell\ ] [\ \-l\ ] [\ \-u\ ] [\ \-v\ ] [\ username\ ]
21 is used to change your login shell.
22 If a shell is not given on the command line,
27 will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system.
28 However, it will issue a warning if the shell is not listed in the
31 On the other hand, it can also be configured such that it will
32 only accept shells listed in this file, unless you are root.
36 Specify your login shell.
38 .I "\-l, \-\-list-shells"
39 Print the list of shells listed in
44 Print a usage message and exit.
47 Print version information and exit.
53 Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>