42_minishell/README.md
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Minishell

Minishell is a 42 School project that involves creating a minimalistic shell in C language. The shell should be able to handle basic commands, manage environment variables and implement several built-in functions.

Features

  • Prompt management (display, editing, history)
  • Command execution (with or without arguments)
  • Basic shell operations (pipes, redirections)
  • Environment variables management (listing, setting, unsetting)
  • Built-in functions management (echo, cd, env, exit, export, pwd, unset)

Getting started

  1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/<your_username>/minishell.git
  2. cd into the cloned directory: cd minishell
  3. Run the make command to compile the program: make
  4. Start the shell by running the executable: ./minishell

Usage

Once the shell is started, you can enter commands as you would with any other shell. The following are some examples of commands that can be executed:

  • Display the working directory: pwd
  • Change directory: cd <directory_name>
  • Print the value of an environment variable: echo $<variable_name>
  • Set an environment variable: export <variable_name>=<value>
  • Unset an environment variable: unset <variable_name>
  • Display a list of environment variables: env
  • Exit the shell: exit

Resources

  • The project subject
  • The C library documentation for the standard library functions used in the program
  • bash man

Authors

This project was created by Camille CHAUVET and Xamora. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us.