Write a small c program that loops reading a line

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Write a small C program that loops reading a line from standard input and checks the first word of the input line.

If the first word is one of the following internal commands (or aliases) perform the designated task.

Otherwise use the standard ANSI C system function to execute the line through the default system shell.

Internal Commands/Aliases:

clr

clear the screen using the system function clear: system("clear").

dir <directory>

list the current directory contents (ls -al <directory>) - you will need to provide some command line parsing capability to extract the target directory for listing . Once you have built the replacement command line, use the system function to execute it.

environ

list all the environment strings - the environment strings can be accessed from within a program by specifying the POSIX compliant environment list:
extern char **environ;
as a global variable. environ is an array of pointers to the environment strings terminated with a NULL pointer. (see environ.c and Exercise 3 for examples of use)

quit

quit from the program with a zero return value. Use the standard exit function.

You might want to design your program to make this list of 'aliases' extendable by storing the alias strings and the alias functions in arrays...

External Commands:

For all other command line inputs, relay the command line to the parent shell for execution using the system function.

When parsing the command line you may have to explicitly or implicitly malloc (strdup) storage for a copy of the command line. Ensure that you free any malloced memory after it is no longer needed. You may find strtok useful for parsing.

The C Standard Library has a number of other string related functions that you may find useful (string.h)contains links to descriptions of the other main "string" functions).

The source of the basis for a simple shell using strtok and system is contained in strtokeg.c.

Note the number, type and style of comments in strtokeg.c - this is the level of commentry expected of the code you hand in for your projects.

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