Cavallucci / minishell

Minishell

Welcome to the Minishell project! This project aims to create a minimalistic shell in C language, providing a basic command interpreter. This shell allows you to execute system commands, manage processes, and includes some additional features.

Key Features

• System command interpretation: Minishell allows you to execute commands built into the operating system, such as ls, cd, mkdir, cat, etc.
• Process management: You can run commands in the background or foreground, as well as handle signals and child processes.
• Environment variables: Minishell enables management of environment variables like PATH and accessing their values.
• Redirections: You can use redirection operators to redirect standard input/output of commands to files.
• Pipes: Minishell supports command chaining using pipes (|), allowing you to redirect the output of one command to the input of another.

Requirements

• Operating System: Linux, macOS, or Windows (with WSL emulator)
• Compiler: GCC (GNU Compiler Collection)

Installation

1. Clone this GitHub repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/Cavallucci/Minishell.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd Minishell

3. Compile the project using the Makefile:

   Make

4. Run the generated executable file:

   ./minishell

Usage

Once you have executed the minishell file, you can start using the shell by entering commands. Here are some examples of commands you can try:

• Execute a system command:

  $ ls $ cat file.txt $ mkdir new_directory

• Change directory:

  $ cd path/to/directory

• Use environment variables:

  $ echo $PATH

• Use redirections:

  $ ls > files.txt $ cat < file.txt

• Use pipes:

  $ ls | grep "pattern"

For more information on the features and supported commands of Minishell, you can refer to the built-in documentation or the project's source files.

Authors

• Marion Kralik
• Laura Cavallucci