C Shell

A simple shell written in C.
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About The Project

This C Shell can execute programs in the foreground or background (own programs or cd, ls, ...), wait for processes and use one pipe.

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Built With

This project was built with C

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Installation

Follow these steps to run the project.

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/janskn/c-shell.git

2. Install the build-essential package

   sudo apt install build-essential

   This installs a bunch of new packages including gcc, g++ and make

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Usage

Navigate to the path of the shell.c file.
Enter

   gcc -o shell shell.c

and afterwards

   ./shell

Or enter

   make run

Once you did this you can simply enter all the commands you want to get executed in the terminal. Stop the program by typing exit.

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Contributing

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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