Minishell is a simple shell implementation, akin to your own miniature version of bash. The project aims to enhance your understanding of processes, file descriptors, and various shell functionalities.
- Command Prompt: Displays a prompt for input when waiting for new commands.
- Command History: Supports a working command history.
- Executable Launch: Searches and launches the right executable based on the PATH variable or specified path.
- Quoting: Handles single and double quotes to prevent interpreting metacharacters.
- Redirections: Supports input (
<) and output (>) redirection, here documents (<<), and append output (>>). - Pipes: Implements pipes (
|) for connecting the output of one command to the input of another. - Environment Variables: Handles expansion of environment variables (
$VAR). - Exit Status: Supports expanding
$?to the exit status of the most recently executed foreground pipeline. - Built-in Commands: Implements various built-in commands:
echo,cd,pwd,export,unset,env, andexit. - Signal Handling: Responds to signals such as ctrl-C, ctrl-D, and ctrl-\ in interactive mode.
- Memory Management: Addresses potential memory leaks in the code.
- Clone the Repository:
git clone https://github.com/bahimzabir/minishell.git - Build the Minishell:
make. - Run Minishell:
./minishell
Minishell operates as a basic shell. It supports commands, arguments, pipes, redirections, and built-in commands. Here are a few examples:
$ echo "Hello, World!"
Hello, World!
$ ls -l | grep file.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Aug 24 10:00 file.txt
$ export MY_VAR=42
$ echo $MY_VAR
42
$ cd /path/to/directory
$ pwd
/path/to/directory
$ exit