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to get the current shell :

echo $0

also Use the command ps with -p {pid} option, which selects the processes whose process ID numbers appear in pid. Use following command to find out what shell you are in:

ps -p $$

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The 'pwd' command (short for "print working directory" should show you the current directory, assuming your shell doesn't already display it.

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pwd returns the current directory.

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