On 02/24/2012 07:55 AM, Wes Hardaker wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:51:27 -0800, Bryan >>>>>> Richter<[email protected]> said: > > BR> Functions can be discovered with 'declare -f'. > > The problem with todays environment is that there is real-executables, > aliases and functions. Aliases are pretty much lame in bash so everyone > uses functions (which can take arguments, etc). > > But in the end, there are in fact 3 places to look for a definition. So > about a month ago I wrote this: > > wh() { > prog="$1" > if [ "`declare -F $prog`" != "" ] ; then > declare -f $prog > elif alias $prog> /dev/null 2>&1 ; then > alias $prog > else > which $prog > fi > } > > Which if you use in replace of `which` checks all three sources and > reports the definition or location to you. > > # wh ifconfig > /sbin/ifconfig > > # wh wh > wh () > { > prog="$1" > ... >
Very nice. Where is the best place to put functions like wh? .bashrc? Or do you keep a separate file that .bashrc loads? _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
