From: Fred T. Hamster <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:04:59 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: nice mode to find how a script is defined
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.189^2~35
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e56a085d8d11c0229d5e2a54ceacb64216a1358b;p=feisty_meow.git

nice mode to find how a script is defined
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diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index b1c7c903..85a8fac8 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,24 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
   
   ##############
 
+  # attempts to find a script by the name passed in, as either a function or an alias.
+  # if the alias points directly at a script file, then that will be printed to stdout.
+  function locate_script()
+  {
+    local script_name="$1"; shift
+    maybe_found="$(type "$script_name" | sed -n -r -e "s/^.*is aliased to .[^ ]+ (.*).$/\1/p")"
+    if [ -z "$maybe_found" ]; then
+      maybe_found="$(alias "$script_name" | sed -n -r -e "s/^.*is aliased to .[^ ]+ (.*).$/\1/p")"
+      if [ -z "$maybe_found" ]; then
+        # last ditch effort is to just show what "type" outputs.
+        maybe_found="$(type "$script_name")"
+      fi
+    fi
+    echo "$maybe_found"
+  }
+
+  ##############
+
   function fm_username()
   {
     # see if we can get the user name from the login name.  oddly this sometimes doesn't work.