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Getting Meta Information in Bash

Explore how to identify your default shell interpreter, obtain the full execution path of Bash, and learn to change your default shell. Understand how to retrieve command documentation using man and info commands, helping you navigate Linux command-line environments effectively.

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Finding Out Your Default Shell

To find out what your default interpreter is, type this in the command window:

Shell
ps $$

The following sample output shows that we are ...