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diff --git a/dist/man/dwvsh.1 b/dist/man/dwvsh.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a48043 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/man/dwvsh.1 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 11 2024 $ +.Dt DWVSH 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dwvsh +.Nd A (mostly) POSIX compliant shell +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Ar file ... +.Nm +.Op Fl l +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a (mostly) POSIX compliant shell, and tiny functional programming language +for U**x-like operating systems. +.Nm +is designed to be fully compatible with +.Xr bash 1 . +See BUGS for more info on this. +.Ss Builtin commands +Currently, +.Nm +supports the following builtin commands: +.Bl -tag -width "unalias" -compact +.It Pa alias +Allow users to define their own command aliases (i.e. alias vim=nvim). +.It Pa cd +Change directory. +.It Pa exit +Exit the shell. +.It Pa export +Set an environment variable, or list all environment variables. +.It Pa source +Run another shell script, retaining it's environment in the current shell. +.It Pa unalias +Clear a user defined command alias. +.It Pa unset +Clear an environment variable. +.El +.Ss Builtin command aliases +.Bl -tag -width "unalias" -compact +.It Pa quit +Aliased to exit. +.It Pa set +Aliased to export. +.El +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width 5n +.It Fl l +The shell is a login shell (only applicable if +.Fl l +is the only flag specified). +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/dwvshrc" -compact +.It Pa /etc/dwvshrc +Global RC file for +.Nm , +always sourced when launched. +.It Pa ~/.dwvshrc +User defined RC file for +.Nm , +may or may not exist. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bash 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Nm +May be invoked with or without arguments. If ran with arguments, it will +attempt to read and run the file(s) specified. If ran without arguments it will +start up an interactive REPL. +.Ss With arguments +Imagine a file, hello.sh: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#!/usr/bin/env sh +echo 'Hello from dwvsh!' +.Ed +.Pp +You can run this file with +.Nm +as shown below: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ dwvsh hello.sh +Hello from dwvsh! +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, you could change the first line of the script to: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#!/usr/bin/env dwvsh +.Ed +.Pp +Then simply call the script directly: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ chmod +x hello.sh +$ ./hello.sh +Hello from dwvsh! +.Ed +.Ss Without arguments +This will start the read-eval-print-loop (REPL). +The default/fallback prompt for +.Nm +is '|> ', but this may be changed by setting the PS1 environment variable, for +instance: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +|> export PS1='$ ' +$ +.Ed +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +is still in alpha, so it is missing a lot of functionality compared to +.Xr bash 1 . +.Pp +In particular: +.Pp +- No way to redirect STDERR. +.br +- No builtin history. +.br +- Missing builtin commands (i.e. bind, etc). +.br +- No control flow. +.br +- No wildcards in paths. +.br +- No brace expansion in paths. +.br +- No tab autocompletion. +.br +- Man page and other documentation are woefully incomplete. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Rory Dudley |