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Let's Build a (Mini)Shell in Rust

17 minute read Published: 2025-05-31

In a little over 100 lines of Rust code, we can build a simple shell program that can execute commands, supports piping, handles signals, and maintains command history. This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating a minimal shell, which we will call "minishell", using Rust's powerful standard library and some external crates.