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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
commit | 1d5cace9db9aef76f26b2d7ba54bbb76443b00b2 (patch) | |
tree | 314a15dd1aa103da13bdc83ba1d2105a290bc5ba /examples/functions/whatis | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 5.0.upstream/5.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/examples/functions/whatis b/examples/functions/whatis new file mode 100644 index 0000000..570c585 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/functions/whatis @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +# +# whatis -- and implementation of the 10th Edition Unix sh builtin `whatis' +# command. +# +# usage: whatis arg [...] +# +# For each argument, whatis prints the associated value as a parameter, +# builtin, function, alias, or executable file as appropriate. In each +# case, the value is printed in a form which would yield the same value +# if typed as input to the shell itself. +# +# +# Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> +# +# Copyright 1994 Chester Ramey +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +# any later version. +# +# TThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, +# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + + +whatis() +{ + local wusage='usage: whatis arg [arg...]' + local fail=0 + + if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then + echo "$wusage" + return 1 + fi + + for arg + do + case $(builtin type -type $arg 2>/dev/null) in + "alias") + builtin alias "$arg" + ;; + "function") + builtin type "$arg" | sed 1d + ;; + "builtin") + echo builtin "$arg" + ;; + "file") + builtin type -path "$arg" + ;; + *) + # OK, we could have a variable, or we could have nada + if [ "$(eval echo \${$arg+set})" = "set" ] ; then + # It is a variable, and it is set + echo -n "$arg=" + eval echo '\"'\$$arg'\"' + else + echo whatis: $arg: not found + fail=1 + fi + ;; + esac + done + return $fail +} |