Minishell

Overview

Minishell is a project aimed at creating a simple Unix shell. Through this project, you will gain a deeper understanding of processes, file descriptors, and other core system functionalities.

Features

• Display a prompt and wait for user input.
• Maintain a working command history.
• Execute commands found in the system PATH or via relative/absolute paths.
• Handle single and double quotes to prevent the shell from interpreting metacharacters.
• Implement input/output redirections and pipes.
• Support for environment variable expansion and special variable $?.
• Signal handling for ctrl-C, ctrl-D, and ctrl-\.

• Installation

• 1. Clone the repository:
  • git clone https://github.com/mbrettsc/minishell.git && cd minishell
• 2. Build the project:
  • make

• Usage

• Run the shell: ./minishell