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                 case $2 in
  11                 *[#\!]*)
  12                         comm=$(echo $2 | sed  's/\\!\*/\"$\@\"/g
  13                                                s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/\"$\1\"/g
  14                                                s/#/\\#/g')
  15                         ;;
  16                 *)
  17                         comm="$2 \"\$@\"" ;;
  18                 esac
  19
  20                 eval function $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm"  "; }"
  21         fi
  22 }