Shell – How to Find List of Available Shells by Command-Line

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How to list available shells for use by command-line?

To list available valid login shells for use at time, type following command:

cat /etc/shells

Example:

pandya@pandya-desktop:~$ cat /etc/shells
# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/sh
/bin/dash
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/bin/ksh93

For information about shell visit wikipedia.

echo *

... will show files in the current folder through file globbing on Bourne compatible shells.

This lists all files down one level:

echo */*

In Bash, if globstar is set (set with shopt -s globstar, unset with shopt -u globstar), this will list all files recursively:

echo **

I think you're looking for man command.

Try doing man mkdir and look for what the -p switch does. You can use vim style searching here.

Use man man for more info on how to use man command.