Name
function
Synopsis
[function]name
( ) {commands
; } functionname
{commands
; }
Define name as a shell function. See the description of semantic issues in the section Functions in Functions. If the reserved word function is given, the parentheses following name are optional.
Example
Define a function to count files:
$function fcount {
>ls | wc -l
>}
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