From 6c20c8ed2cb9ab69a1a57ccb2b9b79969a808321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 17:38:56 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 5.2.15. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- examples/functions/whatis | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/functions/whatis (limited to 'examples/functions/whatis') 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 +# +# 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 +} -- cgit v1.2.3