i-bash/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
echo $2 | egrep -q '(\!|#)'
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
comm=$(echo $2 | sed 's/\\!\*/\"$\@\"/g
s/\\!:\([1-9]\)/\"$\1\"/g
s/#/\\#/g')
else
comm="$2 \"\$@\""
fi
eval function $1 \(\) "{" command "$comm" "; }"
fi
}