Minishell

As pretty as shell

42 Malaga Project with my colleague @davigome

Summary

The Minishell project aims to create a simple shell from scratch, similar to Bash. Through this project, you will learn about processes, file descriptor handling and other essential operating system concepts.

Main features

• Interactive interface: Command entry with functional history.
• Command management: Execution of programs based on PATH or specific paths.
• Redirections: Support for <, >, <<, >>.
• Pipes: Communication between commands using |.
• Environment variables: Expansion of $ and support for $.
• Signals: Handling of ctrl-C, ctrl-D, and ctrl- as in Bash.
• Built-ins implemented: echo, cd, pwd, export, unset, env, exit.

Technical requirements

• Language: C.
• Authorized functions: readline, fork, execve, pipe, among others.
• Memory management: No leaks (except for readline).