README.md

   1 # gen-shell
   2 ![Jenkins](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/build?jobUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbuild.bhojwani.org%2Fjob%2Fgen-shell%2F)
   3 === WORK IN PROGRSS ===
   4 A simple way to turn any command into a shell with arrow key/history suppoert. This is a fork of [taskshell](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskshell) with a highly reduce codebase.
   5
   6 ## Usage
   7 Just put the command that you want to repeat as the argument
   8
   9 ## Installation
  10 ### Binaries
  11 Binaries can be downloaded [from here](https://build.bhojwani.org/job/gen-shell/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/build/src/gen-shell). Note that these binaries are compiled against libreadline7, so if your system only has libreadline8, you should symlink 8 to 7 with `sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.8.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.7`. This isn't a great solution, but it gets the job done.
  12
  13
  14 ### From source
  15 If you would like to avoid this, you can build from source. Doing so requires:
  16   - CMake
  17   - g++
  18   - libreadline development files
  19
  20 ```bash
  21 git clone https://codeberg.org/armaan/gen-shell
  22 cd gen-shell
  23 cmake .
  24 make
  25 sudo cp src/gen-shell /usr/bin/
  26 ```
  27 Or if you don't have root access, you can subsitute the last line with
  28 `cp src/gen-shell ~/.local/bin`
  29
  30 ### Docker
  31 You can also run gen-shell in docker. Simply use
  32 ```bash
  33 docker run -it -e CMD=<command to run> armaanb/gen-shell:latest
  34 ```