examples/functions/xalias.bash

   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
  10                 echo $2 | egrep -q '(\!|#)'
  11                 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
  12                 then
  13                         comm=$(echo $2 | sed  's/\\!\*/\"$\@\"/g
  14                                                s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/\"$\1\"/g
  15                                                s/#/\\#/g')
  16                 else
  17                         comm="$2 \"\$@\""
  18                 fi
  19                 eval function $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm"  "; }"
  20         fi
  21 }