On 2017-07-05 23:12 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi, > > can anybody help to explain what is going on here ? > > > rd@mohot:~$ echo $SHELL Without any information how you started your shell, it's hard to tell. For example, xterm version 321 had the bug that it would clear the SHELL variable from the environment, but that was quickly detected and corrected[1]. Cheers, Sven 1. https://bugs.debian.org/809646