A MUD based shell, rescued from the pages of time. The original hosting site, xirium.com, seems to be dead since ~2008.
Is there any reason why a shell (or command line) cannot be as tolerant or as intelligent as a text adventure game like Zork, or a MUD [Multi User Dungeon]? Is there any reason why a shell cannot work like such a game? ("Go North", etc.) Actually, no and we have the implementation to prove it. Have fun, and don't get eaten by a Grue!
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You are logged in as Guest.
You are in the home directory of the MUD Shell demo account. You are
feeling curious and want to explore. You are particularly curious about
the shimmering portal to the South. If you get lost, type "go home"
(without the quotes) to return here.
xirium@
Exits: North East South West.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > Go north, look and then go east
This is the home of the lesser gurus and the neophytes. You see pasty
people sleeping. Some have a keyboard pattern imprinted on one side of
their faces. These people need to get out more.
admin/ gandalf/ httpd/ mudsh/ richard/
andre/ herve/ luser-template/ power-template/ usr/
Exits: North East South West.
mudsh - /lib > Go west, west again and look.
You are in a junkyard. Well, you think it is a junkyard. Scrap metal
and wood is piled conically all around you. You see crude, fearsome
machines but you are unsure of their purpose. A stone tablet of names
and encrypted passwords hangs from a crane. This rubble was once an
important building.
DIR_COLORS csh.login initlog.conf mime.types rpm/
HOSTNAME default/ inittab motd securetty
X11/ exports inputrc mtab security/
adjtime fdprm ioctl.save nsswitch.conf sendmail.cf
aliases filesystems isapnp.gone pam.d/ sendmail.cw
aliases.db fstab issue passwd sendmail.mc
anacrontab gettydefs issue.net passwd- services
at.deny gpm-root.conf issue.net0 passwd.OLD shadow
bashrc group ld.so.cache pcmcia/ shadow-
conf.linuxconf group- ld.so.conf ppp/ shells
conf.modules gshadow lilo.conf printcap skel/
conf.modules~ gshadow- localtime profile smrsh/
cron.d/ gtk/ login.defs profile.d/ sysconfig/
cron.daily/ host.conf logrotate.conf protocols sysctl.conf
cron.fortly/ hosts logrotate.d/ pwdb.conf syslog.conf
cron.hourly/ hosts.allow mail/ rc.d/ termcap
cron.monthly/ hosts.deny mail.rc redhat-release wgetrc
cron.weekly/ httpd/ mailcap resolv.conf
crontab inetd.conf mailcap.vga rmt@
csh.cshrc info-dir man.config rpc
Exits: North East South West.
mudsh - /etc > Go /tmp look then go home.
You are in a large deserted marketplace. The weather is overcast and
you feel cold. The flagstones are uneven and newspaper soaks in a small
puddle. Occasionally, useful information can be found here.
(Empty directory)
Exits: North East West.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > drop all files
You are not carrying anything.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > !sh
A wizard prevents your action.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > kill /dev/fd0
You are not strong enough to kill fd0.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > kill zzz
File zzz not found.
mudsh - /home/mudsh > quit
Experience points gained this session: 9. Experience points are earned
by actions, but mostly by killing things.
- PERL 5
$ ./install
This will generate a proper #! header for your system using which perl and install mudsh to the same directory. Then,
$ mudsh
If for some reason this does not work for your system, you'll need to edit the files yourself. See ./install for instructions.
If you want to use mudsh as a default login shell, you may need to edit /etc/shells. In summary:
$ sudo su
password:
# mv ~user/download/mudsh /bin/mudsh
# whereis perl
perl: /usr/bin/perl5.00503 /usr/bin/perl /usr/man/man1/perl.1.gz
# vi /bin/mudsh
# chown bin.bin /bin/mudsh
# chmod 755 /bin/mudsh
# echo /bin/mudsh >> /etc/shells
# exit
$ /bin/mudsh
If you want to change or add descriptions, edit the source or litter .mudshrc files in your filing system. Any improvements improve the program or automate the install are welcome. Feel free to make a pull request.