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SHELLS(5)		       File Formats Manual		       SHELLS(5)

NAME
     shells -- shell database

DESCRIPTION
     The  shells  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, rel-
     ative to root.

     A hash mark (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent  char-
     acters  up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines which
     search the file.  Blank lines are also ignored.

FILES
     /etc/shells  The shells file resides in /etc.

SEE ALSO
     getusershell(3)

HISTORY
     The shells file format appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.

FreeBSD 15.1			  June 5, 1993			       SHELLS(5)

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