diff --git a/qsrun.pro b/qsrun.pro
index 9c18929..5609d65 100644
--- a/qsrun.pro
+++ b/qsrun.pro
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ HEADERS += calculationengine.h \
            entrypushbutton.h \
            settingsprovider.h \
            singleinstanceserver.h \
+           specialcommandconfig.h \
            textoutputlabel.h \
            window.h
 SOURCES += calculationengine.cpp \
diff --git a/settingsprovider.cpp b/settingsprovider.cpp
index 1089d0c..38a57bb 100644
--- a/settingsprovider.cpp
+++ b/settingsprovider.cpp
@@ -38,3 +38,28 @@ QString SettingsProvider::socketPath() const
 {
 	return settings->value("singleInstanceSocket", "/tmp/qsrun").toString();
 }
+
+QVector<SpecialCommandConfig> SettingsProvider::specialCommands() const
+{
+	QVector<SpecialCommandConfig> result;
+
+	SpecialCommandConfig uname;
+	uname.command = "uname";
+	uname.reqArgCount = 0;
+	uname.immediateProcessing = true;
+	result.append(uname);
+
+
+	SpecialCommandConfig date;
+	date.command = "date";
+	date.reqArgCount = 0;
+	date.immediateProcessing = true;
+	result.append(date);
+
+	SpecialCommandConfig echo;
+	echo.command = "echo";
+	echo.reqArgCount = 0;
+	echo.immediateProcessing = true;
+	result.append(echo);
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/settingsprovider.h b/settingsprovider.h
index 99ad897..195890b 100644
--- a/settingsprovider.h
+++ b/settingsprovider.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include "specialcommandconfig.h"
 
 class SettingsProvider
 {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class SettingsProvider
 	virtual bool singleInstanceMode() const;
 	QString getTerminalCommand() const;
 	QString socketPath() const;
+	QVector<SpecialCommandConfig> specialCommands() const;
 };
 
 #endif // SETTINGSPROVIDER_H
diff --git a/window.cpp b/window.cpp
index 198ae79..4833457 100644
--- a/window.cpp
+++ b/window.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "entryprovider.h"
 #include "window.h"
+
 Window::Window(EntryProvider &entryProvider, SettingsProvider &configProvider)
 {
 	this->entryProvider = &entryProvider;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ void Window::initFromConfig()
 	{
 		this->userEntryButtons = generateEntryButtons(entryProvider->getUserEntries());
 		this->systemEntryButtons = generateEntryButtons(entryProvider->getSystemEntries());
+		this->specialCommands = settingsProvider->specialCommands();
 	}
 	catch(const ConfigFormatException &e)
 	{
@@ -318,14 +320,18 @@ void Window::lineEditTextChanged(QString text)
 		addPATHSuggestion(text);
 		if(this->grid->count() == 0)
 		{
-			QStringList arguments = text.split(" ");
+			QStringList arguments = QProcess::splitCommand(text);
+			QString command = arguments[0];
+			auto specialCommandConfig = getSpecialCommandConfig(command);
+			if(specialCommandConfig)
+			{
+				executeSpecialCommand(specialCommandConfig.value(), arguments);
+				return;
+			}
 			EntryConfig e;
 			e.name = "Execute: " + text;
-			if(arguments.length() > 1)
-			{
-				e.arguments = arguments.mid(1);
-			}
-			e.command = arguments[0];
+			e.command = command;
+			e.arguments = arguments;
 			e.iconPath = "utilities-terminal";
 			e.type = EntryType::DYNAMIC;
 
@@ -407,6 +413,28 @@ int Window::rankConfig(const EntryConfig &config, QString filter) const
 	return -1;
 }
 
+std::optional<SpecialCommandConfig> Window::getSpecialCommandConfig(QString cmd) const
+{
+	SpecialCommandConfig result;
+	for(const SpecialCommandConfig &config : this->specialCommands)
+	{
+		if(config.command == cmd)
+		{
+			return config;
+		}
+	}
+	return { };
+}
+
+void Window::executeSpecialCommand(const SpecialCommandConfig &config, QStringList arguments)
+{
+	QProcess process;
+	process.start(config.command, arguments.mid(1));
+	process.waitForFinished();
+	QString result = process.readAllStandardOutput();
+	showGrowingOutputText(result);
+}
+
 void Window::filterGridFor(QString filter)
 {
 	if(filter.length() > 0)
diff --git a/window.h b/window.h
index 4a2ca28..58a64be 100644
--- a/window.h
+++ b/window.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "entrypushbutton.h"
 #include "calculationengine.h"
 #include "settingsprovider.h"
+#include "specialcommandconfig.h"
 #include "textoutputlabel.h"
 
 class RankedButton
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class Window : public QWidget
 	QVector<EntryPushButton *> userEntryButtons;
 	QVector<EntryPushButton *> systemEntryButtons;
 	QVector<EntryPushButton *> buttonsInGrid;
+	QVector<SpecialCommandConfig> specialCommands;
 	TextoutputLabel calculationResultLabel;
 	QString currentCalculationResult;
 	QString queuedFileSearch;
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ class Window : public QWidget
 	void closeWindow();
 	std::pair<int, int> getNextFreeCell();
 	int rankConfig(const EntryConfig &config, QString filter) const;
+	std::optional<SpecialCommandConfig> getSpecialCommandConfig(QString cmd) const;
+	void executeSpecialCommand(const SpecialCommandConfig &config, QStringList arguments);
 	void showGrowingOutputText(QString text);
 private slots:
 	void lineEditReturnPressed();