Miku Shell (msh)

A lightweight, Hatsune Miku-themed shell for UNIX-like systems.

Features

• Colorful prompt with home directory
• Built-in commands: cd, help, exit, echo, hi, mikumode
• Command history and tab completions support using GNU Readline
• Commands piping with |
• Random Miku quotes (togglable with mikumode)
• Proper handling of quoted arguments

Building

1. Install the required dependencies:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install build-essential libreadline-dev

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install gcc readline-devel

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S gcc readline

2. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/nomander17/miku-shell.git msh
cd msh

3. Compile the shell:

make

Usage

Run the shell:

./msh

Built-in commands

• cd [directory]: Change directory
• help: Display help information
• exit: Exit the shell
• echo [-n] [text]: Display text (-n suppresses newline)
• hi: Get a greeting from Miku
• mikumode: Toggle Miku quotes on/off

Shell history

Command history is saved to ~/.msh_history and is loaded when the shell starts.

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3.

Acknowledgments

• Hatsune Miku~
• Stephen Brennan's tutorial - Write a Shell in C, which served as the base of the project. This project builds upon it, adding new builtins, Miku-theme, command history, etc.