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It's the GNU Bourne-Again SHell (BASH).

Ctrl a		Jump to beginning of line
Ctrl e		Jump to end of line
Ctrl k		Yank a line
Ctrl y		Put the yank back

For a great host prompt, issue "vi .bash_profile" then enter:

PS1='\u@\h \w> $ '

What shell am I using:

$ echo $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/bash

What PATH is the shell using:

$ echo $PATH
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/greg/bin

Which version is installed:

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd4.7)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Switch to bash

Discover what shells are available on local mac:

cat /etc/shells
/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/dash
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh

Change to bash:

chsh -s /bin/bash

open a new terminal to trigger a new shell login:

Print active shell:

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

Install

# pkg install bash