From: Fred T. Hamster <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:23:00 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: handy little retval alias describes return value
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9a10caef32108c3edbfb33cff4e19b26742db48e;p=feisty_meow.git

handy little retval alias describes return value

used after a previous command if output wasn't obvious enough, or just to check findings of exit value from last command.
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diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index 5fefd23b..ed7bc6e5 100644
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ define_yeti_alias cd...='\cd ../..'
 define_yeti_alias cd....='\cd ../../..'
 define_yeti_alias cd.....='\cd ../../../..'
 define_yeti_alias np='gvim'
+define_yeti_alias retval='errval=$?; if [ $errval -ne 0 ]; then echo "error code $errval occurred for last command."; else echo "all was well with last command."; fi'
 define_yeti_alias up='cd ..'
 
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