Minishell - Your Personal Minimal Unix Shell Experience

Introduction

Welcome to Minishell, an interactive shell program designed to emulate the classic Unix shell environment. This project is a journey through the essentials of shell operations, offering insights into system processes, file descriptors, and command-line interactivity. Minishell is perfect for those who wish to explore the foundational aspects of Unix-like systems.

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Installation

Prerequisites

• GCC compiler
• Make
• Git (for cloning the repository)

Steps to Install

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Anarbb/minishell.git

• Navigate to the cloned directory:

cd minishell

• Compile the project:

make

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Usage

After installation, you can start using Minishell by running the following command in the terminal:

./minishell

Basic Command Execution

Advanced Features

• Command History Navigation

  

• File Redirection and Piping

• Handling Environment Variables

  

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Features

• Customizable command prompt
• Command history
• Executable search based on PATH variable
• Handling of single and double quotes
• Redirections (>, <, >>, <<) and pipes (|)
• Environment variable support
• Built-in commands: echo, cd, pwd, export, unset, env, exit
• Signal handling (ctrl-C, ctrl-D, ctrl-\)

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Credits and Acknowledgments

• https://github.com/Anarbb
• https://github.com/linasbk
• Special thanks to 1337 and our peers for guidance and support.