Lite-Shell

Lite-Shell is a lightweight shell implementation written in C. This project demonstrates fundamental concepts of shell programming, including process creation, command parsing, and execution.

Features

• Execute basic shell commands
• Support for built-in commands
• Customizable through source code modifications

Project Structure

lite-shell/
│
├── src/ # Source files
│ ├── main.c # Main entry point
│ ├── command_exec.c # Command execution logic
│ ├── history_log.c # History Log logic
│ └── pipe_redirect.c # Pipe and redirect symbol logic
│
├── include/ # Header files
│ ├── command_exec.h
│ ├── history_log.h
│ └── pipe_redirect.h
│
├── build/ # Build directory (generated)
│ ├── lite-shell # Compiled executable
│ └── obj/ # Object files
│
├── Makefile # Makefile for the project
└── README.md

Requirements

• GCC (GNU Compiler Collection)

Building the Project

To build the project, simply run this at repo's root directory:

make

This command will compile the source files and create an executable named lite-shell in the build directory.

Running Lite-Shell

After building the project, you can run the shell using:

./build/lite-shell

Cleaning the Build To clean up the build files, run:

make clean

This command will remove the build directory and all compiled files.