I was surprised that I didn't find this question already on the site. So, today $ came up after I logged in as a new user. This was unexpected because my main user's prompt starts with username@computername:~$.So, how do I switch from this other shell to bash?
How do I switch from an unknown shell to bash?
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Assuming the unknown shell supports running an absolute command, you could try: /bin/bashTo change the default shell, I would use chsh(1). Sample usage: chsh -s /bin/bash your_user