$SHELL

echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh

echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh

echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
       %

exec $SHELL

Related

$PATH
$HOME
chsh -s /bin/ksh

See also

• Variables: Environment variables, env, env-cmd, .env/, SHELL, PS1, HOME, PATH, HISTFILE, PWD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, printenv, getenv, getenv, direnv, AWS cli environmental variables, envsubst, env:, env_file (docker-compose)