rshell

A custom shell implementation written in Rust with modern features.

Features

• Command Execution: Run external commands and shell builtins
• Command History: Navigate through previous commands with up/down arrows
• History Search: Type to see matching commands from history in gray (press right arrow to accept)
• Tab Completion: Auto-complete commands from your PATH
• Cursor Navigation: Move cursor left/right to edit anywhere in the command line
• I/O Redirection: Support for stdout (>, >>) and stderr (2>, 2>>) redirection
• Piping: Chain multiple commands together with |

Builtin Commands

• exit - Exit the shell
• echo - Print text to stdout
• type - Display command type and location
• pwd - Print current working directory
• cd - Change directory
• history - View and manage command history
  • history - Show all history
  • history N - Show last N commands
  • history -r FILE - Read history from file
  • history -w FILE - Write history to file
  • history -a FILE - Append history to file

Building

cargo build --release

Running

cargo run
# or after building
./target/release/rshell

Usage Examples

$ ls -la
$ echo "Hello World" > output.txt
$ cat file.txt | grep pattern
$ history 10
$ cd ~/projects

Requirements

• Rust 1.91 or higher
• Unix-like system (Linux, macOS)

License

MIT