itsm3abena/simple_shell

0x16. C - Simple Shell

About

The shell is the Linux command line interpreter. It provides an interface between the user and the kernel and executes programs called commands. For example, if a user enters ls then the shell executes the ls command.

This project, simple_shell, is a custom implementation of a simple UNIX shell as a requirement to complete the first sprint in the ALX - Holberton school 12-month SE program. Taking a minimalistic approach, the following functions have been implemented: access, execve, exit, fork, free, fstat, getline, malloc, perror, signal, stat, wait, write.

Table of Contents

• About
• File Descriptions
• Requirements
• More Info and Examples
  • Installation
  • Examples
• Mandatory Tasks
• Advanced Tasks
• Bugs
• Authors
• License

File Descriptions

• AUTHORS - It lists the contributors of this project
• man_1_simple_shell - The Manual describing usage of the simple_shell
• shell.h - The header file used in this project

Requirements

General

• Allowed editors: vi, vim, emacs
• All files were compiled on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using gcc, using the options -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -std=gnu89
• Betty coding style is followed.
• The simple shell has no known memory leaks

More Info and Examples

Installation

Designed to run on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the simple_shell can be installed as follows:

• Clone the current repository with the command: git clone "https://github.com/stephenmakenziwaweru/simple_shell.git"
• cd in to the cloned directory: cd simple_shell
• Create an executable using: gcc -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic *.c -o hsh
• Run the executable either in interative mode ./hsh or non-interactive mode echo "pwd" | ./hsh

Examples

Example of error with sh:

$ echo "qwerty" | /bin/sh
/bin/sh: 1: qwerty: not found
$ echo "qwerty" | /bin/../bin/sh
/bin/../bin/sh: 1: qwerty: not found
$

Same error with our program hsh:

$ echo "qwerty" | ./hsh
./hsh: 1: qwerty: not found
$ echo "qwerty" | ./././hsh
./././hsh: 1: qwerty: not found
$

Mandatory Tasks

• 0. README, man, AUTHORS
• 1. Betty would be proud
• 2. Simple shell 0.1
• 3. Simple shell 0.2
• 4. Simple shell 0.3
• 5. Simple shell 0.4
• 6. Simple shell 1.0
• 7. What happens when you type ls -l \*.c in the shell

Advanced Tasks

• 8. Test suite
• 9. Simple shell 0.1.1
• 10. Simple shell 0.2.1
• 11. Simple shell 0.4.1
• 12. Simple shell 0.4.2
• 13. setenv, unsetenv
• 14. cd
• 15. ;
• 16. && and ||
• 17. alias
• 18. Variables
• 19. Comments
• 20. help
• 21. history
• 22. File as input

Bugs

No known bugs exists within the program as of this writing.

Authors

Stephen Makenzi Waweru | @stephenmakenziwaweru

Aloice Okoth | @aloicerains

License

Given the open source nature of the project, no special licenses or license whatsoever is needed to use, modify, and redistribute the simple_shell program.