Bash Shell in Chrome OS

By default, the user shell for chronos or any new user is set to /bin/sh, which infact is a soft link to /bin/dash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Almquist_shell).

To switch to bash shell, login as any user (er: chronos) and enter the command:

$ /bin/bash

If the bash shell is installed (by default, it seems to be installed in Chrome OS), you will be switched to bash shell.

To permanently set bash as the default shell for a particular user, edit the file /etc/passwd and replace the existing shell (by default, /bin/sh which is a soft link to /bin/dash) to /bin/bash.

Or alternately, modify the soft link from /bin/sh -> /bin/dash to /bin/sh -> /bin/bash

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