bash or zsh

[vembalarashid]

typing echo $SHELL. This will return either /usr/bin/bash or /usr/bin/zsh

But mine shows /bin/ash

Why ?

[Silverethical]

typing echo $SHELL. This will return either /usr/bin/bash or /usr/bin/zsh

But mine shows /bin/ash

Why ?

That is because you are using the Almquist shell (AKA ash).

The following solution has been originally posted here

Normally you can change this via the chsh command, but from what I gathered iOS doesn't have this command. So you need to edit /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd (as root) and change the shell to /bin/bash. So it should look something like this:

root:*:0:0:System Administrator:root:/var/root:/bin/bash
mobile:*:501:501:Mobile User:/var/mobile:/bin/bash

[demhademha]

Ash is alpine's shell, make sure that you are sshed into your device. You can refer to chapter 1 if you've forgotten how to do that.

[demhademha]

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