[thirdparty/bash.git] / examples / functions / xalias.bash

# xalias - convert csh alias commands to bash functions
# from Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu>
# posted to usenet as <4i5p17$bnu@larry.rice.edu>
function xalias ()
{
	if [ "x$2" = "x" ] 
	then
		declare -f $1
	else
		case $2 in
		*[#\!]*)
			comm=$(echo $2 | sed  's/\\!\*/\"$\@\"/g
					       s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/\"$\1\"/g
				               s/#/\\#/g')
			;;
		*)
			comm="$2 \"\$@\"" ;;
		esac

		eval function $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm"  "; }"
	fi
}
Commit	Line	Data
d166f048 JA	1	# xalias - convert csh alias commands to bash functions
	2	# from Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu>
	3	# posted to usenet as <4i5p17$bnu@larry.rice.edu>
	4	function xalias ()
	5	{
	6	if [ "x$2" = "x" ]
	7	then
	8	declare -f $1
	9	else
b80f6443 JA	10	case $2 in
b80f6443 JA	11	[#\!])
d166f048 JA	12	comm=$(echo $2 \| sed 's/\\!\*/\"$\@\"/g
	13	s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/\"$\1\"/g
	14	s/#/\\#/g')
b80f6443 JA	15	;;
	16	*)
	17	comm="$2 \"\$@\"" ;;
	18	esac
	19
d166f048 JA	20	eval function $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm" "; }"
	21	fi
	22	}