Minishell

As beautiful as a shell

This project is about creating a simple shell. Yes, your own little bash. You will learn a lot about processes and file descriptors.

How to use

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/pyven-dr/minishell.git

Compile

cd minishell && make

Run minishell

./minishell

Available features

• ’ (single quote)
• " (double quote)
• Redirections :
  • < should redirect input
  • > should redirect output
  • << should be given a delimiter, then read the input until a line containing the delimiter is seen. However, it doesn’t have to update the history
  • >> should redirect output in append mode
• pipes (| character). The output of each command in the pipeline is connected to the input of the next command via a pipe
• And (&& operator)
• Or (|| operator)
• Parenthesis (for priorities only)
• Wildcards (* character) in current working directory
• environment variables ($ followed by a sequence of characters)
• $?
• Signals :
  • ctrl-C
  • Ctrl-D
  • Ctrl-\
• Builtins :
  • echo with option -n (echo documentation)
  • cd with only a relative or absolute path (cd documentation)
  • pwd with no options (pwd documentation)
  • export with no options (export documentation)
  • unset with no options (unset documentation)
  • env with no options or arguments (env documentation)
  • exit with no options (exit documentation)