patrick-hacks/42-minishell

42-Minishell

Project Description

This is the Minishell project for the 42 school curriculum. The goal of this project is to create a simple shell, capable of handling basic command-line operations. The Minishell project is designed to deepen your understanding of processes, file descriptors, and basic shell functionality.

Features

• Command Execution: Minishell can execute simple commands with or without arguments.
• Redirection: Support for input and output redirection (>, <).
• Pipes: Ability to handle multiple commands connected by pipes (|).
• Environment Variables: Implement basic support for environment variables like $HOME, $PWD, etc.
• Signals: Minishell should handle signals (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, etc.) appropriately.
• Line Editing: Use the GNU Readline library to provide basic line editing capabilities.
• Error Handling: Implement error handling and display meaningful error messages.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• GCC compiler
• GNU Make
• Readline library

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/42-minishell.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd 42-minishell

3. Build the project:

   make

4. Run Minishell:

   ./minishell