Minishell

minishell is a simple shell implementation written in C. The goal of this project was to recreate Bash as closely as possible, handling command execution, environment variables, input/output redirection, and pipelines. This project was part of the 42 curriculum and provided in-depth experience with process management and system calls in Unix-based operating systems.

Features

• Command Execution: Executes binaries from the system’s PATH.
• Built-in Commands: Implements several built-in commands like cd, echo, pwd, export, unset, env, and exit.
• Pipes (|): Supports execution of multiple commands connected via pipes.
• Redirections (>, <, >>, <<): Handles input and output redirections.
• Environment Variables: Allows exporting, modifying, and retrieving environment variables.
• Signal Handling: Manages signals like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, and Ctrl+Z to behave like Bash.
• Error Handling: Provides meaningful error messages for invalid commands and syntax errors.

Usage

To build and run minishell, follow these steps:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/minishell.git
cd minishell
make
./minishell
```

Once minishell is running, you can enter commands as you would in a typical shell. It supports built-in commands, executing system binaries, and using pipes and redirections.

Example usage:

$ echo "Hello, world!"
Hello, world!

$ ls -l | grep minishell

$ echo "test" > file.txt
$ cat < file.txt
test

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