Basic Unix Shell

19 January 2023 •

A basic Unix shell in C which implements several commands of shell. Used fork() and exec() system-calls to implement the different commands of the shell, with the added choice of running the command via threads or processes.

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/hyouteki/Unix-Shell
cd Unix-Shell
make install
make compile
./shell

Constraints

Max characters in a command is 100
Max words in a command is 10

Commands

Command	Information
cd	change directory
pwd	present working directory
exit	exit shell
ls	`-a`: list all files(including hidden) `-m`: list comma seperated
cat	`-E`: print file contents with line endings `-n`: print file contents with line numbers
date	current date & time
mkdir	`-m`: make directory with specific permissions `-v`: make directory with verbose information
rm	`-i`: remove file with confirmation `-v`: remove file with verbose information
help	list commands
echo	echo something to shell
clear	clear shell
`&t`	add this after any command to execute it via thread

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