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examples/functions/xalias.bash

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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
+}