ADD-SHELL(8)

💖 ADD-SHELL(8) 💖

bestie, this page is about add-shell, and it's giving list management 💅 It adds shells to the list of valid login shells ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

add-shell shellname [shellname...]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so add-shell goes and grabs /etc/shells and makes a copy called /etc/shells.tmp 📄 then it adds whatever shells you give it into that temp file, but only if they aren't already in there 🙅‍♀️ and then it copies the temp file right back over /etc/shells. the whole thing is so clean ngl 🫶

the shells you pass in have to be given by their full pathnames. no shortcuts, no "just bash" 💀 type the whole path or it won't slay.

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🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

• DPKG_ROOT lowkey the main environment variable here 🧚 it sets the base path that /etc/shells lives under.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• shells(5) 📖 go read this one if you want the deeper lore on the shells file 🍓

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bestie, that's the whole page 💜 we're signing off with the vibes from System Manager's Manual, the ADD-SHELL(8) page, dated 23 Sep 2021 🌈 stay iconic and keep your shells fully pathed 🫶✨