MiniShell

A lightweight Unix-like shell built in C that supports command execution, piping, I/O redirection, background processes, built-in commands, and in-memory command history.

🚀 Features

• Command execution (e.g. ls, cat, grep)
• Output redirection: command > file.txt
• Input redirection: command < file.txt
• Piping: ls -l | grep .c
• Background process support: sleep 5 &
• Built-in commands:
  • cd <dir> – change working directory
  • exit – quit shell
  • history – view command history
• Basic signal handling (e.g. Ctrl+C)

Example Usage

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MiniShell$ ls -l
MiniShell$ cat input.txt | grep keyword > result.txt
MiniShell$ cd /tmp
MiniShell$ history
MiniShell$ sleep 10 &
MiniShell$ exit