# gen-shell
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-A simple way to turn any command into a shell with arrow key/history support (if compiled with libreadline). Forked from [taskshell](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskshell).
+A simple way to turn any command into a REPL with arrow key/history support.
## Usage
See `gen-shell --help`
## Installation
-### From a binary
-Binaries can be downloaded from [here](https://builds.sr.ht/~armaan/gen-shell/commits/.build.yml). NB: these binaries are compiled against libreadline version 8
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-### From source
Dependencies:
- - cmake (2.8 or higher)
- - make
- - g++ (sometimes packaged as gcc-c++ or gcc-g++)
- - libreadline development files (7 or 8 is fine, 5 is untested) (optional, but highly recommended)
+ - POSIX make
+ - a c++ compiler and standard library
+ - libreadline development files (7 or 8 is fine, 5 is untested)
```bash
-git clone https://git.sr.ht/~armaan/gen-shell
-cd gen-shell
-cmake .
-sudo make install
+make
+make install
```
## License
-Following suit from taskshell, gen-shell is MIT licensed by Armaan Bhojwani, 2020. Gen-shell is forked from taskshell, which was developed by [these people](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskshell/blob/master/AUTHORS).
+Following suit from taskshell, gen-shell is MIT licensed by Armaan Bhojwani, 2021. Gen-shell is forked from taskshell, which was developed by [these people](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskshell/blob/master/AUTHORS).
Gen-shell uses the [Sarge library](https://github.com/MayaPosch/Sarge) for parsing command-line arguments. Sarge was written by Maya Posch and is BSD 3-Clause licensed.