Changing Your Default Shell

Because I upgraded Jaguar to Panther, my default shell is tcsh (the default in 10.2) while the default for a clean install of 10.3 is bash. AppleScript do shell script … commands use bash. I know it’s possible to change the default from the terminal by editing a settings file, but is it possible to run an AS do shell scipt to make the switch? If not, what is the process for doing it from the terminal?

I would try something like this in the Terminal:

chsh -s /bin/bash

If you’re using AppleScript (do shell script), then you may need to supply a user name at the end of the above statement.