shackleb0lt/small_shell

Implementation of Shell in C

Small Shell

My implementation of linux shell in C, refer to the guide for detailed description of functions and usage.

• Handles variable assignment and expansion
• Piping of commands ( | )
• Only Output redirection ( > and >> ) is supported for now.
• Catches SIGINT and prevents interruption.
• Inbuild commands are
  • cd   Change Current Directory
  • showvar   Print shell variables
  • showenv   Print environment varaibles
  • export   Export variable to environment scope
  • unset   Remove varaible from environment scope
  • pushd   Add directory node to top od directory stack
  • popd   Remove directory node from stack
  • dirs   Print directory stack
  • source   Execute commands from script file
  • exit   Exit the shell

To compile you need the readline package , run the following command in terminal to install the package, ignore if already installed.

sudo apt-get install libreadline8 libreadline-dev

The readline library provides line auto-completion and suggestion with history functionality.

To compile using gcc and execute run the following command.

make all; ./shell 

Exit the shell by typing exit or quit .