🐚 This project implements a simple yet powerful shell environment, providing users with a versatile interface to interact with their operating system.
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Interactive Prompt: Minishell greets you with a friendly prompt, ready to execute your commands and fulfill your computing needs.
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Command History: With built-in command history support, navigating through your previous commands is a breeze, allowing for quick access to your command lineage.
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Command Execution: Harness the power of Minishell's command execution engine, effortlessly locating and running executables based on the PATH variable.
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Input and Output Redirection: Redirect input and output streams with ease using Minishell's redirection operators (
<,>,<<,>>), enabling efficient data manipulation. -
Pipeline Support: Seamlessly connect multiple commands using pipelines (
|), facilitating the flow of data between processes and enabling complex command chaining. -
Environment Variable Expansion: Expand environment variables (
$) on-the-fly, allowing for dynamic value substitution and flexible command execution. -
Built-in Commands: Minishell offers a suite of essential built-in commands, including
echo,cd,pwd,export,unset,env, andexit, providing essential control over the shell environment. -
Signal Handling: Experience robust signal handling capabilities, ensuring graceful handling of signals such as
ctrl-C,ctrl-D, andctrl-\.
Follow these steps to set up your Minishell using the provided Makefile.
git clone <repository_url> cd <repository_name>
Follow these steps to set up your Minishell project using the provided Makefile.
To compile the Minishell project, run the following command:
make all
If needed, you can remove the built files using:
make clean
make fclean
To perform a clean rebuild, removing all object files and recompiling the project, use:
make re
Once compiled, you can run the Minishell executable by typing:
./minishell
Enjoy exploring the capabilities of your Minishell environment!
Happy shell scripting! 🌟