https://github.com/mvpee/42-minishell

This project is about creating a simple shell. Yes, your own little bash. You will learn a lot about processes and file descriptors.
https://github.com/mvpee/42-minishell

19 42 bash minishell pipe pipeline pipex processing redirection shell

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This project is about creating a simple shell. Yes, your own little bash. You will learn a lot about processes and file descriptors.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mvpee/42-minishell
• Owner: MVPee
• Created: 2024-01-13T20:34:49.000Z (12 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-12T23:33:43.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-13T10:07:29.154Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: 19, 42, bash, minishell, pipe, pipeline, pipex, processing, redirection, shell
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 493 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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	About

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	Running

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# 💡 About

>As beautiful as a shell

This project is about creating a simple shell. Yes, your own little bash. You will learn a lot about processes and file descriptors.

## 🚀 Running

>You need to install readline

```

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev

```

```bash

make run

```

It will automatically compile the project and run it.

```bash

./minishell

```

Will launch the previously compiled project with `make` and run it.

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## 📜 Features

- **History**  

  -- Working history

- **`\`**  

  -- Supports escaping characters with backslashes for proper command interpretation

- **`'` `"`**  

  -- Supports proper parsing of single and double quotes for string handling

- **Redirections**  

  -- Supports input (`<`), here-doc (`<<`), output (`>`), and append (`>>`) redirections

- **Environnemts variables**  

  -- Supports retrieving, setting, and expanding environment variables

- **`$?`**  

  -- Displays the exit status of the last executed command

- **Signals**  

  -- Handles signals like CTRL-C (`interrupt`), CTRL-D (`EOF`), and CTRL-\ (`quit`)

- **Builtins**  

  -- `echo` with -n option  

  -- `cd` with relative, absolute, and `- ($OLDPWD)` paths  

  -- `pwd`  

  -- `export`  

  -- `unset`  

  -- `env`  

  -- `exit`  

- **Others**  

  -- *`$SHLEVEL`*  

    Increments `SHLVL` by one. Sets it to one if `SHLVL` is invalid (not between 1 and 999)  

  -- *`$PWD`*  

    Updates `PWD` to reflect the current directory after a `cd` command or if no `PWD` is present in the environment  

  -- *`$OLDPWD`*  

    Updates `OLDPWD` after a `cd` command or if no `OLDPWD` is present in the environment  

  -- *Prompt*  

    A beautiful, colorful prompt that displays the current `PWD` at the beginning  



	



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This group project was done by [MVPee](https://github.com/MVPee) and [Nour Echaara](https://github.com/noureh10)