WISH

Windows Improved SHell

this aims at being an improved shell for windows.
I started making this because I was fed up with cmd.exe
I haven't thought of anything else to put here yet, so there you go.

UPDATE: July 6, 2018

I've worked this into a somewhat usable state. it now supports calling external programs, a few internal commands (many more being developed), and readline-style tab complete.
built in commands so far include:

ls, cd, mkdir, pwd, cat, alias, echo, help, set. yeah, I know thats barely anything, I'm still working on it :P

Scripts (if you can call it that)

It now supports a very basic form of script, basically just a list of commands.
to run one (with source) type py -3 wish.py -s <scriptname>
if you installed with the installer, then type wish -s <scriptname> (it should be in PATH)

Need to do:

• make many more commands (grep, read, etc...)
• allow all extensions in %PATHEXT% to be called as programs (access default programs through registry) <<<<<<< HEAD
• enable piping :check:
• enable access to environment variables =======
• enable piping ✓
• enable access to environment variables ✓

scripting

• scripting (thats a big one)
• different prompts (I want there to be a bunch of different kinds of prompts)
• initiation script

Piping:

as of July 15, piping now works! it has 8.

• command > file: sends stdout from command to file (overwrites previous content, creates if non-exisistant)
• command >> file: sends stdout from command to fil (appends, creates if non-existent)
• command1 | command2: sends stdout from command1 to stdin of command2
• command1 || command2: does command2 only if command1 fails (exits on non-zero return code)
• command1 & command2: does command1, and then command2
• command1 && command2: does command1, then command2 if command1 succeeds (exits on zero return code)
• command < file: reads file, and sends contents to stdin of command (equivalent to cat file | command)
• command << file: reads one line of file and sends that to stdin of command

if you have any more ideas, please comment about them! any suggestions will be looked at!