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Re: Arriving at a specified directory instead of the user's home

by Greg Wooledge :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 07:03:55PM +0000, Robin Green wrote:
> # Find out the user's preferred shell and execute it
> exec `getent passwd $USER|sed -e 's|.*:$.*$$|\1|'`

$USER is far, far less standard than $LOGNAME. Also, getent(1) is only
present on a very small cross-section of unix-like systems.

Why not simply use $SHELL?

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