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Change your Linux shell easily with the chsh command.

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This is how to change your login shell with the chsh command. This requires the user to log out and then back in to use their new shell.

ubuntu ~ $ sudo chsh -s /bin/bash

Only a shell listed in /etc/shells may be used. But this is a very quick way to change the user account shell on Linux.

These are the valid shells on my system.

ubuntu ~ $ cat /etc/shells
# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/sh
/bin/dash
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/usr/bin/tmux
/usr/bin/screen
/bin/tcsh
/usr/bin/tcsh

If you install a new shell from source, be sure to add the path to this file, or it will not work properly.

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