/shell

Basic implementation of a shell

Primary LanguageC

shell

Implementation of a very basic shell

Functionality

  • Built-in commands

    • exit: ends shell session
    • cd [path] : changes directory
    • history: displays history of commands
    • kill [pid]: terminates process
    • jobs: lists currently running jobs
    • help: Displays all commands

  • Run jobs in foreground or background(&)

Build and Run

gcc shell.c -lreadline -o shell

./shell

Console output

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