diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index dc6130f..6bd999b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set (tasksh_SRCS diag.cpp
                  help.cpp
                  prompt.cpp
                  review.cpp
+                 shell.cpp
                  Color.cpp Color.h
                  FS.cpp FS.h
                  text.cpp text.h
diff --git a/src/shell.cpp b/src/shell.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444f63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shell.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <cmake.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int cmdShell (const std::vector <std::string>& args)
+{
+/*
+  auto status = execute ("task",
+                         {"_get", "rc.uda.reviewed.type"},
+                         input,
+                         output);
+*/
+  return 0;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////