Am I running Bash?

Question

I am using OS X 10.8.5. I am trying to figure out if the terminal is running bash. When I type in the following it says "getent" command not found -- but the error message seems to be coming from bash.

Me$ getent passwd $(whoami) | awk -F: '{print $NF}'
-bash: getent: command not found

Am I running bash?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '13 at 14:45

3

Your shell is bash and you have it trying to run getent. The reason it puts -bash: before getent: command not found is because otherwise it would look like getent was telling you it couldn't find a command.

answered Oct 24 '13 at 14:45

kurtm

7,055

Am I running Bash?

1 Answers1

Linked