diff --git a/src/execute.rs b/src/execute.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5368dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/execute.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
+
+use crate::parse::Command;
+
+pub fn execute(cmds: &[Command<'_>]) {
+    for cmd in cmds {
+        execute_command(cmd);
+    }
+}
+
+fn execute_command(cmd: &Command<'_>) -> ExitStatus {
+    match cmd {
+        Command::Single(cmd) => {
+            if cmd.exclamation {
+                todo!()
+            }
+            if cmd.time {
+                todo!()
+            }
+            if cmd.terminator.is_some() {
+                todo!()
+            }
+            if !cmd.rest.is_empty() {
+                todo!()
+            }
+            let cmds = &cmd.initial;
+            if !cmds.rest.is_empty() {
+                todo!()
+            }
+
+            let program = &cmds.initial.tokens[0].value;
+            let mut proc = std::process::Command::new(program.as_ref());
+            proc.args(
+                cmds.initial.tokens[1..]
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|t| -> &str { &t.value.as_ref() }),
+            );
+
+            let mut proc = proc.spawn().unwrap();
+
+            let status = proc.wait().unwrap();
+
+            status
+        }
+        Command::Subshell(_) => todo!(),
+        Command::Block(_) => todo!(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 69b1248..04698c6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 pub mod parse;
+pub mod execute;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
+use execute::execute;
 
 pub fn bash_it(args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Result<()> {
     let (filename, src) = parse_args_into_src(args)?;
 
-    parse::parse(filename, &src)?;
+    let command = parse::parse(filename, &src)?;
+
+    execute(&command);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5a72a4d..684cb6a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    brash::bash_it(std::env::args())
+    brash::bash_it(std::env::args().skip(1))
 }
diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index fe9fb5f..f44f722 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,27 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, iter, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 
-pub fn parse(filename: Arc<str>, src: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let tokens = lex(filename, src)?;
-    dbg!(tokens);
-    Ok(())
+pub fn parse(filename: Arc<str>, src: &str) -> Result<Vec<Command>> {
+    let mut tokens = lex(filename, src)?;
+    dbg!(&tokens);
+
+    if tokens.get(0).map_or(false, |t| t.value.is_empty()) {
+        // bad hack or whatever, everything in here is a bad hack
+        tokens.remove(0);
+    }
+
+    let command = SimpleCommand { tokens };
+
+    Ok(vec![Command::Single(Pipeline {
+        time: false,
+        exclamation: false,
+        initial: CommandList {
+            initial: command,
+            rest: vec![],
+        },
+        rest: vec![],
+        terminator: None,
+    })])
 }
 
 /*