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<table class="head">
  <tr>
    <td class="head-ltitle">SHELLS(5)</td>
    <td class="head-vol">File Formats Manual</td>
    <td class="head-rtitle">SHELLS(5)</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<div class="manual-text">
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">shells</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">shell
    database</span></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">shells</code> file contains a list of the
    shells on the system. For each shell a single line should be present,
    consisting of the shell's path, relative to root.</p>
<p class="Pp">A hash mark (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment;
    subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the
    routines which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h1>
<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact">
  <dt><span class="Pa">/etc/shells</span></dt>
  <dd>The <code class="Nm">shells</code> file resides in
      <span class="Pa">/etc</span>.</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
  ALSO</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">getusershell(3)</a></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">shells</code> file format appeared in
    <span class="Ux">4.3BSD-Tahoe</span>.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
  <tr>
    <td class="foot-date">June 5, 1993</td>
    <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
  </tr>
</table>