Published by Nicolas Holzschuch
1. Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands. a-Shell can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps... a-shell uses iOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories.
2. You can work with git repositories using lg2. a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2022, with Tikz and LuaTeX) for text processing.
3. a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on you iOS device.
4. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed.
5. A complete webAssembly SDK is included (WASI-libc). a-Shell is the complete version.
6. If you need a smaller app, and you don't need a C compiler, a TeX engine, or numpy and matplotlib, there is a-Shell mini.
7. Compile your C or C++ programs to webAssembly using clang or clang++, and execute the resulting binary.
8. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python.
9. There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig...
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Can I download a Shell for free?
Yes! You can Download a-Shell from official sites for free using our site.
Can I use a Shell on PC?
It is easy to use the a-Shell app on PC and it works on Windows and MAC. A free tutorial is available to help you get started.
