work in progress

Dyshell is a highly customizable interactive shell built using Go. It offers a range of built-in commands, supports job control, command history, aliases, and environment variable management. This shell aims to provide an enhanced user experience with features like command substitution, redirection, piping, and auto-completion. Dyshell is designed to be easily extensible, allowing users to add their own custom commands and quick commands to streamline their workflow.

• Built-in Commands: Essential commands like echo, exit, pwd, cd, ls, cat, touch, rm, mkdir, rmdir, history, clear, alias, unalias, export, unset, jobs, fg, bg, kill.
• Job Control: Manage background and foreground jobs.
• Command Substitution: Support for command substitution using $().
• Redirection and Piping: Easily redirect input and output and pipe commands together.
• Auto-Completion: Intelligent auto-completion for commands and file paths.
• Custom Aliases and Environment Variables: Define and manage your own aliases and environment variables.
• Persistent History: Command history is saved across sessions.
• Quick Commands: Define quick commands to speed up your workflow.
• Customizable Prompt: Set your own shell prompt to personalize your environment.

• Go 1.16 or later installed on your system.

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/dyshell.git
cd dyshell

Build the project:

go build -o dyshell main.go

Run Dyshell:

./dyshell

Once you have Dyshell up and running, you can start using it just like any other shell. Here are some examples to get you started:

# Navigate to a directory
cd /path/to/directory

# List files in the current directory
ls

# Create a new file
touch myfile.txt

# Display the contents of a file
cat myfile.txt

# Set an alias
alias ll='ls -la'

# Use the alias
ll

# Create a directory
mkdir mydir

# Remove a file
rm myfile.txt

# Remove a directory
rmdir mydir

# Show command history
history

# Clear the screen
clear

# Set an environment variable
export MYVAR=myvalue

# Use command substitution
echo $(ls)

Define your own aliases to save time. For example:

alias gs='git status'

Set environment variables that persist across sessions:

export MYVAR=myvalue

Add quick commands to streamline repetitive tasks.

Personalize your shell prompt by editing the prompt variable in the configuration file.

We welcome contributions! Feel free to submit issues and pull requests to improve Dyshell.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.