Tosh

Tosh (Terribly Ordinary SHell) is a shell designed to operate on POSIX systems. It is simple and lightweight, providing few features beyond the basic functionality you would expect from a shell.

Getting a copy

git clone https://www.github.com/zesterer/tosh.git

Building

cd tosh
./setup.sh
tup build-default

Running

./build-default/tosh

Example

Welcome to TOSH!
10:52:41
joshua@/home/joshua/Documents/Projects/tosh$ echo "TOSH supports basic expression expansion!"
TOSH supports basic expression expansion!
10:52:56
joshua@/home/joshua/Documents/Projects/tosh$ echo "{tput setaf 6}Here's how!"
Here's how!
10:53:17
joshua@/home/joshua/Documents/Projects/tosh$

Syntax

# Double quotes are counted as a string
echo "Hello, there!"

# Brackets are evaluated as a command expansion, unless prefixed by a '\'
echo "My name is {whoami}, not \{whoami\}"