Which shell am I using?

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#1

HI there,

I am new to Garuda and I am tring to install nvm to control which versions of node I use and to prevent root access to npm packages. From the start, I see that fish shell is the default (which nvm doesn't support) but neofetch says "bash". So which shell am I actually using ?

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When I try echo $SHELL, I get the following:

╭─[email protected] in ~
╰─λ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

but

╭─[email protected] in ~
╰─λ ps
PID TTY          TIME CMD
19166 pts/1    00:00:00 fish
21916 pts/1    00:00:00 ps

Please help...

#2

Bash is the login shell and fish gets opened by GUI terminal applications.

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#3

The previous post states the relationship of bash and fish.

I notice you are indicating it is not compatible possibly, and using Konsole. If you right click on Konsole window you should see Edit Current Profile at the bottom. Clicking that then should show configurations, look for Command: /usr/bin/fish on the right side, and you can change fish to bash.

There are a few other posts on the forums also if you search for bash.

Hope this helps.

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