Custom Shell Project

A fully functional Unix-like shell implementation in C.

Features

• Execute system commands
• Built-in commands (cd, exit, help, history)
• I/O redirection (>, <, >>)
• Piping (|)
• Background processes (&)
• Signal handling (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Z)
• Command history

Project Structure

custom_shell/
├── src/           # Source files
├── include/       # Header files
├── obj/           # Object files
├── bin/           # Binary executable
├── tests/         # Test files
├── docs/          # Documentation
└── Makefile       # Build configuration

Building

make

Running

make run
# or
./bin/myshell

Cleaning

make clean

Usage

Once running, you can use standard shell commands:

• ls, pwd, echo, etc.
• cd [directory] - Change directory
• exit - Exit the shell
• help - Show help information
• history - Show command history

Examples

myshell> ls -la
myshell> cat file.txt | grep "search"
myshell> echo "Hello" > output.txt
myshell> gcc program.c -o program &