Re: [IBMiOSS] Do worry - Python newbie calling

chsh changes your user profile's default shell that you log into every time you ssh in.
If you add a shebang, then you are loading your previous shell bsh and then forking a process to run bash while bsh waits occupying memory and doing nothing.
You can try it and see this easily using the ps command, e.g., if your user is stageson, then

ps -ef | grep stageson

and you can see all your processes.

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From: OpenSource <opensource-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of stefan@xxxxxxxxxx <stefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 01:09
To: 'IBMi Open Source Roundtable' <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IBMiOSS] Do worry - Python newbie calling

Thanks!
Now the source command works as expected.
What is the difference between using chsh and adding a shebang to the .profile file?

Best regards

Stefan



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