+ function is_array() {
+ [[ "$(declare -p $1)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
+ }
+
+ function is_alias() {
+ alias $1 &>/dev/null
+ return $?
+ }
+
+ # displays the value of a variable in bash friendly format.
+ function var() {
+ HOLDIFS="$IFS"
+ IFS=""
+ while true; do
+ local varname="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$varname" ]; then
+ break
+ fi
+
+ if is_alias "$varname"; then
+#echo found $varname is alias
+ local tmpfile="$(mktemp $TMP/aliasout.XXXXXX)"
+ alias $varname | sed -e 's/.*=//' >$tmpfile
+ echo "alias $varname=$(cat $tmpfile)"
+ \rm $tmpfile
+ elif [ -z "${!varname}" ]; then
+ echo "$varname undefined"
+ else
+ if is_array "$varname"; then
+#echo found $varname is array var
+ local temparray
+ eval temparray="(\${$varname[@]})"
+ echo "$varname=(${temparray[@]})"
+#hmmm: would be nice to print above with elements enclosed in quotes, so that we can properly
+# see ones that have spaces in them.
+ else
+#echo found $varname is simple
+ echo "$varname=${!varname}"
+ fi
+ fi
+ done
+ IFS="$HOLDIFS"
+ }
+