variables in bashrc

[vsreeser]

Trying to find out how to use variables in alias's
for example to shorten
service blahblah restart to
restart blahblah

There may be a resource that explains all this somewhere but I have not been able to find it. Probably just entering the wrong searches.

Any direction would be appreciated

[Snowhog]

See Bash Shell Functions Tutorial with 6 Practical Examples

[vsreeser]

first foray into functions in bashrc. No success. here's what I tried

function restart()
{
sudo service $1 restart
}

function stop()
{
sudo service $1 stop
}

function start()
{
sudo service $1 start
}

and this is result

virgil@reeser:~$ service apache2 status
 * apache2 is running
virgil@reeser:~$ stop apache2
 * Stopping web server apache2                                                       * 
virgil@reeser:~$ service apache2 status
 * apache2 is running
virgil@reeser:~$ restart apache2
 * Restarting web server apache2

Maybe I picked a bad service to test on

[vsreeser]

or is it related to this error that just started happening

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo: error in /etc/sudo.conf, line 0 while loading plugin `sudoers_policy'
sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner
sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins

BTW, I have no idea how to fix this..... yet

[otisklt]

I tested what you did and that works fine for me with mpd, no apache here.
I did use slightly different naming...

function reserv()
{
sudo service $1 restart
}

[vsreeser]

A differet question. I can type alias at a prompt to see what alias's are available. Is there a similiar command to show functions, in case i forget what I called them?

[jlittle]

• declare -F
  list function names
• declare -f
  list all the functions and their definitions
• declare -f function
  list one function