Minishell

Minishell is a minimalistic Unix-like shell implementation written in C. It provides a basic command-line interface and supports executing various shell commands and features, making it a lightweight alternative to traditional Unix shells. Made by Lucienfer and Tbelleng

Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Examples

Features

• Implements a simple and functional command-line interface.
• Supports common shell features, such as command execution, path resolution, and environment variable handling.
• Provides a user-friendly prompt for entering commands.
• Supports basic shell scripting with redirection and pipes.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• You should have a C compiler (e.g., GCC) installed on your system.

Installation

Clone the repository and make, its will build ./minishell binary.

Examples

Execute a simple command

$ ls -l

Use pipes to pass the output of one command to another

$ ls -l | grep keyword

Redirect input and output

$ cat file.txt > newfile.txt