Shell

shell.js

const readline = require('readline');
const { execSync } = require('child_process');

// Create an interface for reading input from the command line
const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'shell> '
});

// Function to execute commands
const executeCommand = (command) => {
    try {
        const output = execSync(command, { stdio: 'pipe' }).toString();
        console.log(output);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(`Error: ${error.message}`);
    }
};

// Display the prompt and wait for user input
rl.prompt();

rl.on('line', (line) => {
    const command = line.trim();
    if (command.toLowerCase() === 'exit') {
        rl.close();
    } else {
        executeCommand(command);
        rl.prompt();
    }
}).on('close', () => {
    console.log('Exiting shell...');
    process.exit(0);
});