LAB-JAVA_BASH-MAYNOOTH_CS380/lab9_processes/src/ABasicShell.java

import java.io.*;

public class ABasicShell
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {
		String commandLine;
		BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

		// we break out with <control><C>
		while (true) {
			// read what they entered
			System.out.print("prompt>");
			commandLine = console.readLine();

			// if they entered a return, just loop again
			if (!commandLine.equals("")){
				AProcess aProcess = new AProcess();

				String[] mycommands = commandLine.split(" ");

				aProcess.main(mycommands);

			} else{
				continue;
			}

			/**
			  The basic steps are:
			  (1) parse the input to obtain the command
			      and any parameters
			  (2) create a ProcessBuilder object
			  (3) start the process
			  (4) obtain the output stream
			  (5) output the contents returned by the command
			 */
	 	}
	}
}