Simple Linux shell written in C adapted from workshop by ACM IIT Roorkee Student Chapter.

• Executes built-in commands:

  • cd
  • exit
  • bg
  • bglist
  • kill
  • ls
  • pwd
  • help

• Executes external commands by forking child process.

• C
• Ubuntu

Compile the shell by traversing into the directory where the files are stored. In the linux terminal:

$ gcc acmsh.c linkedlist.c linkedlist.h utilities.c utilities.h -o shell 

Execute the binary:

$ ./shell

That's it you are in.

>> cd ..
>> ls
>> bglist

• ACM IIT Roorkee Student Chapter
• https://brennan.io/2015/01/16/write-a-shell-in-c/