Imported from ../bash-3.0.tar.gz.

examples/misc/aliasconv.sh

@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ T='	'
 cat << \EOF >/tmp/cb$$.1
 mkalias ()
 {
-	if [ "x$2" = "x" ]; then
-		echo alias ${1}="''"
-	elif echo "$2" | egrep -s '(\!|#)' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	case $2 in
+	'')	echo alias ${1}="''" ;;
+	*[#\!]*)
 		comm=`echo $2 | sed  's/\\!\*/"$\@"/g
 				      s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/"$\1"/g
 			              s/#/\#/g'`
 		echo $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm"  "; }"
-	else
-		echo alias ${1}=\'`echo "${2}" | sed "s:':'\\\\\\\\'':"`\'
-	fi
+		;;
+	*)	echo alias ${1}=\'`echo "${2}" | sed "s:':'\\\\\\\\'':"`\' ;;
+	esac
 }
 EOF