fish-shell/share/functions/alias.fish
2016-10-31 01:37:23 -07:00

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function alias --description 'Creates a function wrapping a command'
if count $argv > /dev/null
switch $argv[1]
case -h --h --he --hel --help
__fish_print_help alias
return 0
end
end
set -l name
set -l body
set -l prefix
set -l first_word
switch (count $argv)
case 0
for func in (functions -n)
set -l output (functions $func | string match -r -- "function .* --description '(alias .*)'" | string split \n)
set -q output[2]
and echo $output[2]
end
return 0
case 1
set -l tmp (string replace -r "=" '\n' -- $argv) ""
set name $tmp[1]
set body $tmp[2]
case 2
set name $argv[1]
set body $argv[2]
case \*
printf ( _ "%s: Expected one or two arguments, got %d\n") alias (count $argv)
return 1
end
# sanity check
if test -z "$name"
printf ( _ "%s: Name cannot be empty\n") alias
return 1
else if test -z "$body"
printf ( _ "%s: Body cannot be empty\n") alias
return 1
end
# Extract the first command from the body
# This is supposed to replace all non-escaped (i.e. preceded by an odd number of `\`) spaces with a newline
# so it splits on them
set -l tmp (string replace -ra "([^\\\ ])((\\\\\\\)*) " '$1\n' $body)
set first_word (string trim $tmp[1])
if set -q tmp[2]
set body $tmp[2..-1]
else
set body
end
# Prevent the alias from immediately running into an infinite recursion if
# $body starts with the same command as $name.
if test $first_word = $name
if contains $name (builtin --names)
set prefix builtin
else
set prefix command
end
end
set -l cmd_string (string escape "alias $argv")
echo "function $name --wraps $first_word --description $cmd_string; $prefix $first_word $body \$argv; end" | source
end