• sparr@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    please dont use chsh

    doesnt mean your whole OS needs a different shell

    chsh just changes the shell when you log in to a shell. all the other shells are still available and usable. any script starting tieh #!/bin/bash will still run with bash, even if you’re using zsh or fish.

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      3 months ago

      Yes bash scripts still work, but I heard there may be other things that randomly break.

      Many things use #!/bin/sh for example, which often is a link to bash, but may not work anymore.

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        3 months ago

        chsh does not modify /bin/sh

        Maybe you’re thinking of a certain video from a certain YouTuber who linked /bin/sh to fish?

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          3 months ago

          Haha no didnt think of that? Hm, I dont know why it would be an issue then. POSIX compliant shells should be no problem, but I wouldnt do it for fish

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            3 months ago

            It will never matter what your login shell, unless you have bash specific scripts in your login. chsh -s /bin/fish $(whoami) is fine.