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authorcvpcs <root@cvpcs.org>2010-06-02 11:02:31 -0500
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initial import of bash 4.1
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+# 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
+}