MINISHELL

let's build a beautiful mini bash like brian fox

Table of Contents

• Authors
• Introduction
• features
• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing

Authors

• nourddine benyahya (42 profile)
• anas-mejdoub (42 profile)

Introduction

Minishell is a simple shell implementation project for 42 School. The goal of this project is to create a small, yet functional shell that can execute commands, manage processes, and handle basic shell functionalities.

features

This project recreates a basic shell with essential functionalities, including:

• Command parsing and execution
• Built-in commands (e.g., cd, echo, exit, env, export, unset, pwd)
• subshell (e.g., (command1 | (command2)))
• AND / OR (e.g., command1 || command2, command1 && command2)
• Process management (fork, exec, wait)
• Input/output redirection (>, <, >>)
• woldcacrd (command *)
• Pipes (command1 | command2)
• Signal handling (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+)
• here doc (<< lim)
• Error handling (syntax error, ambiguous error)

Installation

To install Minishell, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nourddine-benyahya/Minishell

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd minishell

3. Compile the source code:

   make

Usage

To run Minishell, execute the following command in the project directory:

./minishell

then enjoy with out beautiful bash :)

Once running, you can enter commands just like you would in a regular Unix shell.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps to contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/YourFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/YourFeature).
5. Open a pull request.