echo $SHELL: unexpected result

Question

I am facing a problem related to the shell change, when I change the shell from bash to csh and type the comand echo $SHELL, I expect the shell to print:

/bin/csh

But instead it prints:

/bin/bash

What is the reason for that? How do I print the path to the currently running shell instead?

It is still showing the shell which is in your environment variable...you need to do make the change in the .profile or .bashrc* and then '. .profile' or '. .bashrc*' and then try echoing that change. — Ashu, Apr 17 '16 at 18:43
@choroba i mean using csh shell instead of bash or any shell , change scripting language — eng_ahmed, Apr 17 '16 at 18:54
@Ashu , What i know that $SHELL Contains the type of the shell and updated when the shell changes — eng_ahmed, Apr 17 '16 at 18:56
echo $SHELL Only print the default shell thanks , what is the command to display the type of the shell — eng_ahmed, Apr 17 '16 at 18:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 18 '16 at 13:23

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To view your current shell use:

echo $0

$SHELL prints the default shell.

edited Apr 18 '16 at 13:23

David Foerster

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answered Apr 17 '16 at 19:08

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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echo $SHELL: unexpected result

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