FreeBSD: Is the default user shell `tcsh`?

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I was recently reading a tutorial for tcsh and it said that the default user shell for FreeBSD was tcsh and I was surprised.



For FreeBSD, is the default user shell tcsh?










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  • You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
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I was recently reading a tutorial for tcsh and it said that the default user shell for FreeBSD was tcsh and I was surprised.



For FreeBSD, is the default user shell tcsh?










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  • You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
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I was recently reading a tutorial for tcsh and it said that the default user shell for FreeBSD was tcsh and I was surprised.



For FreeBSD, is the default user shell tcsh?










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I was recently reading a tutorial for tcsh and it said that the default user shell for FreeBSD was tcsh and I was surprised.



For FreeBSD, is the default user shell tcsh?







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  • You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
    – Richard Smith
    Sep 25 at 14:38
















  • You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
    – Richard Smith
    Sep 25 at 14:38















You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
– Richard Smith
Sep 25 at 14:38




You might want to read this section of the handbook. But there are only two shells in the base system.
– Richard Smith
Sep 25 at 14:38










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The FreeBSD documentation I found says:




FreeBSD uses
tcsh
as the default root shell and the Bourne shell-compatible
sh
as the default user shell.







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  • It's actually the Almquist shell.
    – JdeBP
    Sep 25 at 13:59






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    The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
    – Rob
    Sep 25 at 18:56










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up vote
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The FreeBSD documentation I found says:




FreeBSD uses
tcsh
as the default root shell and the Bourne shell-compatible
sh
as the default user shell.







share|improve this answer






















  • It's actually the Almquist shell.
    – JdeBP
    Sep 25 at 13:59






  • 1




    The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
    – Rob
    Sep 25 at 18:56














up vote
3
down vote



accepted










The FreeBSD documentation I found says:




FreeBSD uses
tcsh
as the default root shell and the Bourne shell-compatible
sh
as the default user shell.







share|improve this answer






















  • It's actually the Almquist shell.
    – JdeBP
    Sep 25 at 13:59






  • 1




    The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
    – Rob
    Sep 25 at 18:56












up vote
3
down vote



accepted







up vote
3
down vote



accepted






The FreeBSD documentation I found says:




FreeBSD uses
tcsh
as the default root shell and the Bourne shell-compatible
sh
as the default user shell.







share|improve this answer














The FreeBSD documentation I found says:




FreeBSD uses
tcsh
as the default root shell and the Bourne shell-compatible
sh
as the default user shell.








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answered Sep 25 at 13:53









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  • It's actually the Almquist shell.
    – JdeBP
    Sep 25 at 13:59






  • 1




    The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
    – Rob
    Sep 25 at 18:56
















  • It's actually the Almquist shell.
    – JdeBP
    Sep 25 at 13:59






  • 1




    The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
    – Rob
    Sep 25 at 18:56















It's actually the Almquist shell.
– JdeBP
Sep 25 at 13:59




It's actually the Almquist shell.
– JdeBP
Sep 25 at 13:59




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The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
– Rob
Sep 25 at 18:56




The documentation link is correct. Of course it is!
– Rob
Sep 25 at 18:56

















 

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