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Cicada Unix Shell
Cicada is a simple, semi-toy Unix shell written in Rust. And I use it as my default login shell.
Documents
Features
run programs and pipelines
$ ls | head -n3
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
$ echo foo bar | awk -F " " '{print $2, $1}'
bar foo
with redirections
$ ls file-not-exist 2>&1 | wc > e.txt
$ cat e.txt
1 7 46
command substitution
$ ls -l `which sh`
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 630464 Mar 23 07:57 /bin/sh
run multiple commands (with logical)
$ echo foo; echo bar
foo
bar
$ echo foo && echo bar
foo
bar
$ echo foo || echo bar
foo
shell expansions
$ echo sp{el,il,al}l
spell spill spall
$ echo $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/cicada
$ echo *
Cargo.lock Cargo.toml LICENSE Makefile README.md src target
do math arithmetic directly in the shell!
$ 1 + 2 * 3 - 4
3
$ (1 + 2) * (3 - 4) / 8.0
-0.375
Install Cicada
Note: Rust environment is needed for installation.
You can try cicada
out without installing it by checking out the repository
and run cargo run
in its root directory.
$ git clone https://github.com/mitnk/cicada
$ cd cicada
$ cargo run
install from code repository
If you've checked out the cicada repository, you can do this:
$ make install
This will install cicada
under your /usr/local/bin
. Use sudo
if needed.
install via cargo crates
$ cargo install -f cicada
This will install cicada into ~/.cargo/bin/
.
Set cicada as your login shell
Appending /usr/local/bin/cicada
into your /etc/shells
, then run
$ chsh -s /usr/local/bin/cicada
To do list
- job controls (
Ctrl-Z
,fg
,bg
etc) - and less...
Won't do list
- functions
- Windows support
- and more...