I'm a bit confused on how to modify the function arguements:
I want:
bower ln bower ln thing to execute:
bower link bower link thing This is as close as I have gotten:
# ~/.bashrc bower () { if [[ $1 == "ln" ]]; then ${@[1]}="link" echo "replacing" "$FUNCNAME" "$@" fi command "$FUNCNAME" "$@" } Use the set command:
bower () { if [[ $1 == ln ]]; then set -- link "${@:2}" echo "replacing $FUNCNAME $@" fi command "$FUNCNAME" "$@" } However, you don't really have to replace the first argument; you can simply hardcode the correct argument in the body of the if statement:
bower () { if [[ $1 == ln ]]; then echo "replacing $FUNCNAME $first $@" command "$FUNCNAME" link "${@:2}" else command "$FUNCNAME" "$@" fi } 