This method works perfectly in any shell.
NOTE: $$ holds the process id of current shell.
[penguin@cheetah:/home/penguin]#ps | grep -i `echo $$`
18530 0:00 ksh
[penguin@cheetah:/home/penguin]#bash
bash-3.00$ ps | grep -i `echo $$`
18574 pts/196 0:00 bash
bash-3.00$ csh
cheetah% ps | grep -i `echo $$`
18578 pts/196 0:00 csh
cheetah% tcsh
> ps | grep -i `echo $$`
18590 0:00 tcsh
Showing posts with label How to find the current shell in UNIX Solaris Linux AIX. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
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