Minishell

Minishell is a custom shell developed in C as part of the 42 curriculum. It replicates basic shell functionality, allowing for command execution, piping, environment variable handling, and more. This project was a collaborative effort.

Contributors

• Omathot
• sboulain

Features

• Prompt & History: Displays a prompt and stores a command history.
• Command Execution: Finds and executes commands based on $PATH, or using relative or absolute paths.
• Signal Handling: Handles ctrl-C, ctrl-D, and ctrl-\ similar to bash.
• Quotes & Redirection:
  • Manages single (') and double (") quotes.
  • Supports input/output redirections (<, >, <<, >>) and pipes (|).
• Environment Variables: Expands $ variables and $? for exit status.
• Built-ins: Implements essential commands (echo, cd, pwd, export, unset, env, and exit).

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/P1tayaa/minishell.git
   cd minishell
   make
   ./minishell