This is the minishell project from the 42 core curriculum. The goal of this project is to create a bash-style shell, capable of handling basic command-line operations. The minishell project is designed to deepen your understanding of processes, file descriptors, and basic shell functionality.

• Command Execution: Minishell can execute simple commands with or without arguments.
• Redirection: Support for input and output redirection (>, <).
• Pipes: Ability to handle multiple commands connected by pipes (|).
• AND/OR Operations: Allows executing commands based on conditions (&&, ||).
• Subshells: Enables execution in a separate environment for parts of a command (()).
• Environment Variables: Implement basic support for environment variables like $HOME, $PWD, etc.
• Signals: Minishell should handle signals (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, etc.) appropriately.
• Line Editing: Use the GNU Readline library to provide basic line editing capabilities.
• Error Handling: Implement error handling and display meaningful error messages, including syntax errors.

brew install readline

brew link --force readline

Add the path to the lib Replace ~/.zshrc with ~/.bashrc if you use bash instead of zsh

echo 'export C_INCLUDE_PATH="/usr/local/opt/readline/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

echo 'export LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/opt/readline/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

source ~/.zshrc

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/lorbke/42_minishell.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd 42_minishell

3. Build the project:

   make

4. Run Minishell:

   ./minishell