macos - How to get the default shell

Question

We can run something like chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh to set a new default shell. Is there a command we can run to know what that shell is?

I don’t mean having a terminal open and running a command to know which shell we’re in. I mean like in the example above, if I’m in a terminal with /bin/bash open, what should I run to get /usr/local/bin/zsh if it’s the current default shell?

Answer 1

You can use the following command:

echo $SHELL