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+# C - Pipes, Forks, and Custom Shell Implementation
+
+
+## Description
+Introduces concepts of pipes, forks, parents/children, and other aspects necessary for a custom implementation of the
+shell.
+
+Program is fairly basic compared to most Shells provided by standard Linux installs.
+
+
+## Known Issues
+Backgrounding of commands is buggy and may lead to memory leaks or other undefined behavior.