How do I change the shell I use?

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The chsh command can be used to change shells.

There are other options that may be used as well. To check the available shells on the system, use:

# chsh --list
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/sbin/nologin
/bin/ash
/bin/bsh
/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/pdksh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/csh

To change the shell to csh:

# chsh -s /bin/csh
Changing shell f...

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