Alternative Shells

Warning

Currently the only images that support the alternative shells described here are those based off of the php-fpm image. This includes:

den-php-fpm
den-php-fpm-magento2
den-php-debug

Some Den containers now come with some alternative shells to BaSH. By default BaSH is the shell used when running den shell, and if no shell is specified Den will default to using BaSH.

Specifying an alternative shell

You can specify the shell to use when running den shell in three different ways. As Den parses your command it will evaluate which shell to use based on the following order of preference:

One-Time Specification
Project Specific
User Specific

User Specific

Edit your ~/.den/.env file to specify the setting of WARDEN_ENV_SHELL_COMMAND with your choice of shell from below:

WARDEN_ENV_SHELL_COMMAND=fish

Project Specific

Within your project environment, edit the .env file and specify the WARDEN_ENV_SHELL_COMMAND variable with your choise of shell from below:

WARDEN_ENV_SHELL_COMMAND=fish

One-Time Specification

Using an environment variable you can specify the shell to use on a per-execution basis (or for an single session) using the variable: USE_SHELL.

USE_SHELL=fish den shell

Available Shells

The following shells are currently available for use:

ash
bash
fish
zsh (including oh my zsh)