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##Resources #Read or watch:

Unix shell Thompson shell Ken Thompson Everything you need to know to start coding your own shell concept page man or help:

sh (Run sh as well) #Learning Objectives At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:

#General Who designed and implemented the original Unix operating system Who wrote the first version of the UNIX shell Who invented the B programming language (the direct predecessor to the C programming language) Who is Ken Thompson How does a shell work What is a pid and a ppid How to manipulate the environment of the current process What is the difference between a function and a system call How to create processes What are the three prototypes of main How does the shell use the PATH to find the programs How to execute another program with the execve system call How to suspend the execution of a process until one of its children terminates What is EOF / “end-of-file”? Copyright - Plagiarism You are tasked to come up with solutions for the tasks below yourself to meet with the above learning objectives. You will not be able to meet the objectives of this or any following project by copying and pasting someone else’s work. You are not allowed to publish any content of this project. Any form of plagiarism is strictly forbidden and will result in removal from the program.