Minishell

Overview

minishell is a simplified shell program implemented in C, designed to replicate core functionalities of the UNIX shell. This project is part of the 42 School curriculum and aims to provide a deeper understanding of system calls, process management, and shell behavior.

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Features

• Execution of commands: Supports both built-in commands and external binaries.
• Environment variable management: Export, unset, and modify environment variables.
• Redirections: Input (<), output (>), and append (>>) redirections.
• Pipes (|): Create pipelines to connect commands.
• Signal handling: Handles Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, and Ctrl+\ to mimic bash behavior.
• Built-in commands:
  • cd: Change directory.
  • echo: Print messages to standard output.
  • pwd: Print the current working directory.
  • export: Set environment variables.
  • unset: Remove environment variables.
  • env: Display environment variables.
  • exit: Exit the shell.

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Installation

Prerequisites

• GCC or another C compiler
• make
• Linux operating system

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/schardot/minishell.git
   cd minishell

2. Build the executable:

   make

3. Run the shell:

   ./minishell

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Project Structure

minishell/
|-- src/              # Source code files
|-- include/          # Header files
|---- libft/          # Custom C library
|-- Makefile          # Build system
|-- README.md         # Project documentation

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Credits

Developed by Natália Schardosim and Elmira Kechedzhi as part of the 42 School curriculum.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.