nushell is a UNIX command line interpreter that replicates core
functionalities of the original Bourne Shell sh.
To use nushell, you have first to clone the project:
$ git clone https://github.com/iamkhalil/nushell.gitThen you've to build it:
$ cd nushell
$ make allYou can now use nushell either in an interactive mode where the shell reads commands from user input on a tty or in a
non-interactive mode via a script or by passing input to nushell via a
pipe.
You can also use make as an interface to run nushell using Valgrind or to run
the test suites.
$ make help
List of available options:
* all - build the project
* test - run the test suites
* memcheck - check memory leaks using Valgrind
* clean - delete build filesBesides basic functionalities including syscalls, nushell does not depend
heavily on the standard library, instead we've created our own custom
functions. As an example, we have created our own getline and strtok to
handle and process user input.
In addition to supporting external programs and handling both absolute and
relative PATHS, nushell has support also for the following features:
| Builtin commands | Functionality |
|---|---|
| env | Print a list of the environment variables |
| setenv | Change or add an environment variable |
| unsetenv | Remove an environment variable |
| cd | Change the working directory |
| history | Prints command history |
| exit [status] | Cause the shell to exit with an optional exit status |
| help | Display information about builtin commands |
| Other | Functionality |
|---|---|
| # | Comment indicator |
| ; | Commands separator |
| $$ | Current process ID |
| $? | Exit code value |
| && | AND logical operator |
| || | OR logical operator |
| CTRL+D | Exit the shell (EOF) |
| CTRL+C | Does not exit the shell |
- Mohamed khalil El-Bechir - medkhalilelb@gmail.com | GitHub/iamkhalil
MIT License