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<chapter id="basics">
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$TERM</command> prints whatever your terminal is set to.
<command>echo \$TERM</command> prints <envar>$TERM</envar> as
is.</para>
<sect2 id="changing-shells">
<title>Changing your shell</title>
<para>The easiest way to change your shell is to use the
<command>chsh</command>. Running <command>chsh</command> will
place you into the editor that is in your <envar>EDITOR</envar>
environment variable; if it is not set, you will be placed in
<command>vi</command>. Change the &ldquo;Shell:&rdquo; line
accordingly.</para>
<para>You can also give <command>chsh</command> the
<option>-s</option> option; this will set the shell for you
without having to enter the editor. For example, if you wanted to
change your shell to bash, the following should do the
trick:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash</userinput></screen>
<para>Running <command>chsh</command> with no parameters and editing
the shell from there would work also.</para>
<note>
<para>The shell that you wish to use <emphasis>must</emphasis> be
present in the <filename>/etc/shells</filename> file. If you
have installed a shell from the <link linkend="ports">ports
collection</link>, then this should have been done for you
already. If you installed the shell by hand, you must do
this.</para>
<para>For example, if you installed <command>bash</command> by hand
and placed it into <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>, you would
want to:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo &quot;/usr/local/bin/bash&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/shells</userinput></screen>
<para>Then rerun <command>chsh</command>.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
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$TERM</command> prints whatever your terminal is set to.
<command>echo \$TERM</command> prints <envar>$TERM</envar> as
is.</para>
<sect2 id="changing-shells">
<title>Changing your shell</title>
<para>The easiest way to change your shell is to use the
<command>chsh</command>. Running <command>chsh</command> will
place you into the editor that is in your <envar>EDITOR</envar>
environment variable; if it is not set, you will be placed in
<command>vi</command>. Change the &ldquo;Shell:&rdquo; line
accordingly.</para>
<para>You can also give <command>chsh</command> the
<option>-s</option> option; this will set the shell for you
without having to enter the editor. For example, if you wanted to
change your shell to bash, the following should do the
trick:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash</userinput></screen>
<para>Running <command>chsh</command> with no parameters and editing
the shell from there would work also.</para>
<note>
<para>The shell that you wish to use <emphasis>must</emphasis> be
present in the <filename>/etc/shells</filename> file. If you
have installed a shell from the <link linkend="ports">ports
collection</link>, then this should have been done for you
already. If you installed the shell by hand, you must do
this.</para>
<para>For example, if you installed <command>bash</command> by hand
and placed it into <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>, you would
want to:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo &quot;/usr/local/bin/bash&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/shells</userinput></screen>
<para>Then rerun <command>chsh</command>.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="editors">