Is there an easy way to determine what shell I’m using in terminal?
I’ve found several ways, from most to least reliable. The following works in the four shells I have installed on my system (bash, zsh, csh, tcsh):
First method
$ ps -p $$
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
14143 0 Ss 0:00,03 -bash (bash)
Second method
$ echo $0
-bash
Third method
Check $SHELL; this is a last resort, as it specifies your default shell and not necessarily the current shell.
$ echo $0
csh
$ echo $SHELL;
/usr/local/bin/bash