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Build Your Own Shell

Processes, pipes, signals — the terminal stops being magic.

ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM — YOUR SHELLSCALE: LEARNING
keyboardthe outside worldCOMMAND LOOP⚙ buildingPROCESS LAUNCHERstage 2FD PATCH PANELstage 3PIPE MANIFOLDstage 4SIGNAL BUSstage 5JOB BOARDstage 6
BUILTUNDER CONSTRUCTIONNOT YET IMAGINED INTO EXISTENCE

Sheets

SHEET 1The Console Comes AliveOPEN →SHEET 2Breath of a New ProcessOPEN →SHEET 3Rewiring the StreamsOPEN →SHEET 4The Pipe ManifoldOPEN →SHEET 5Taming the InterruptsOPEN →SHEET 6The Job BoardOPEN →

Before you start

WORKBENCH SETUP
# the starter repo: skeleton + the graded local test harness
git clone https://github.com/ansh-chaturmohta/byhand-shell-starter my-shell
cd my-shell
make check STAGE=0   # verifies your toolchain is ready