It stands for “change shell” and is used to change the login shell for any user. The default shell is the command interpreter that is used when a user logs into the system. It comes from “util-linux-ng-x.x.x” package.
Examples:
1. To change your login shell
| $ chsh -s /bin/bash |
2. To print the list of shells
| $ chsh -l |
3. To print the usage message and exit
| $ chsh -u |
4. To print the version information
| $ chsh -v |
Related Commands: login, passwd, shells
