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May 8, 2012 – I understand the basic difference between an interactive shell and a … A login shell is the first process that executes under your user ID when you …

Jun 25, 2012 – I do not think that correct answer can be given without “technical jargon”. Since this question is the first one popping up in Google for the query “what …

Here we will learn the difference between a Login shell and Non login shell. The shell program, for example Bash, uses a collection of startup scripts …

Login Shells. When you first log in to a Unix system from a terminal, the system normally starts a login shell. (Section 3.4) A login shell is typcally the top-level …

Aug 12, 2013 – This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason …

The login shells' responsibility is to start the non-login shell and to make sure that your environment variables are set so as to ensure that you can get all the …

(Since bash is the only shell-specific topic attached to this question at this time, my answer is restricted to that shell. Other shells may differ in certain respects.)

Jan 6, 2017 – You don't have to edit /etc/passwd file to change your shell. You need to use the chsh command. It changes the user login shell.

Because the different shells understand different commands, it is important to know which shell you are working in. To find out what your login shell is, type grep …

Execute commands from filename (instead of ~/.bashrc ) in an interactive shell. –login. Equivalent to -l . –noediting. Do not use the GNU Readline library (see …