MiniShell

A minimal Unix shell project written in C.

Description

MiniShell is a simplified shell that imitates the behavior of a Bash shell. It can search and launch executables based on the PATH variable or using a relative or absolute path. The shell also includes handling of environment variables, redirections, pipes, and a few built-in commands.

Features

• Maintain a working history of commands.
• Support for relative and absolute path execution.
• Redirections: <, >, <<, >>
• Pipes using |
• Environment variables
• Special $? variable for the exit status of the most recently executed foreground pipeline.
• Interactive mode:
  • ctrl-C: displays a new prompt on a new line
  • ctrl-D: exits the shell
• Built-in commands:
  • echo with option -n
  • cd with only a relative or absolute path
  • pwd
  • export
  • unset
  • env
  • exit

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/minishell.git
   

2. Enter the repository:

   cd minishell
   

3. Compile the project:

   make all
   

4. Run the shell:

   ./minishell
   

Usage

./minishell

License

MiniShell is MIT licensed.

Contact

If you want to contact me you can reach me at spoliart@student.42.fr.