Minishell

Minishell is a simplified Unix shell written in C as part of the 1337/42 School curriculum.
It supports basic command execution, built-ins, pipes, redirections, and environment variable expansion.
The goal is to understand how a shell works under the hood and implement core Unix principles from scratch.

Features

• Execute simple and piped commands
• Built-in commands: cd, echo, pwd, env, exit, export, unset
• Input/output redirection: >, >>, <
• Quoting support ('single' and "double")
• Environment variable parsing ($VAR)
• Signal handling (e.g., Ctrl+C, Ctrl+\)
• Exit codes and error handling

Build Instructions

Install Dependencies

1. Linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libreadline-dev

2. MacOs

brew install readline

Build

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/AmineMaila/mini-shell.git
cd mini-shell

# Build the project
make

Usage

./minishell

Liciense

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

🧑‍💻 Contributors

nazouz