Banger-Shell Project

This is a simple command-line shell program written in C that mimics the behavior of a Unix shell. It provides basic shell functionality such as executing commands, changing directories (cd), and exiting the shell. It also demonstrates process control via fork() and execvp() for running external commands.

Features

• Command execution: The shell can execute any command available in the system's PATH.
• Change Directory (cd): The shell supports changing directories.
• Exit: The shell can be exited by typing exit.
• Process Management: The shell spawns a child process to execute commands using fork() and execvp().
• Status reporting: After executing a command, it reports if the process terminated normally or due to a signal.
• Input parsing: The shell parses the input to handle multiple arguments for each command.

Usage

1. Run the Shell:
   To start the shell, compile and run the C code:

   gcc -o banger_shell banger_shell.c
   ./banger_shell

2. Change Directory:

   • Use the cd command to change directories:

     Banger-shell⟁ cd /path/to/directory

   • If no directory is specified, it will print a missing argument error.

   

Example Interaction

Banger-shell⟁ ls
file1.txt  file2.txt  directory1/

Banger-shell⟁ cd /home/user/
Banger-shell⟁ pwd
/home/user

Banger-shell⟁ exit

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