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shells(4)
NAME
  shells - Shell database

DESCRIPTION
  The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system.	For each
  shell, the file should contain a single line consisting of the shell's
  path, relative to root.

  A # (number sign) 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.

FILES
  /etc/shells

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: getusershell(3)