How can I make my csh aliases work when I convert to bash?

How can I make my csh aliases work when I convert to bash? 


Bash uses a different syntax to support aliases than csh does. 

The details can be found in the documentation.  We have provided

a shell script which does most of the work of conversion for you;

this script can be found in ./examples/misc/aliasconv.sh.  Here is

how you use it:

  

Start csh in the normal way for you.  (e.g., `csh')

  

Pipe the output of `alias' through `aliasconv.sh', saving the

results into `bash_aliases':

  

	alias | bash aliasconv.sh >bash_aliases

  

Edit `bash_aliases', carefully reading through any created

functions.  You will need to change the names of some csh specific

variables to the bash equivalents.  The script converts $cwd to

$PWD, $term to $TERM, $home to $HOME, $user to $USER, and $prompt

to $PS1.  You may also have to add quotes to avoid unwanted

expansion.



For example, the csh alias:

  

	alias cd 'cd \!*; echo $cwd'

  

is converted to the bash function:



	cd () { command cd "$@"; echo $PWD ; }



The only thing that needs to be done is to quote $PWD:

  

	cd () { command cd "$@"; echo "$PWD" ; }

  

Merge the edited file into your ~/.bashrc.



There is an additional, more ambitious, script in

examples/misc/cshtobash that attempts to convert your entire csh

environment to its bash equivalent.  This script can be run as

simply `cshtobash' to convert your normal interactive

environment, or as `cshtobash ~/.login' to convert your login

environment.

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