c program, shell build in command

// Simple shell example using fork() and execlp().

#include <stdio.h>

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <sys/wait.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <string.h>

int main()

{

pid_t k;

char buf[100];

int status;

int len;

while(1) {

// print prompt

fprintf(stdout,"%d %% ",getpid());

// read user command

fgets(buf, 100, stdin);

len = strlen(buf);

if(len == 1) // only ENTER/RET key pressed

continue;

buf[len-1] = '\0'; // shift EOS to where '\n' is stored

// create worker bee

k = fork();

if (k==0) { // child code

if(execlp(buf,buf,NULL) == -1) // loader can fail: if so terminate worker process

exit(1);

}

else { // parent code

waitpid(k, &status, 0);

}

}

}

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