Alias Generator - useful for creating name-spaced aliases for project directories

alias_generator.sh

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
alias_path="$1"
if [ $# -gt 1 ]
then 
	# if _ or "" is passed in, then we want to just pass in a blank
	if [[ $2 == "_" || $2 == "" ]]
	then
		alias_prefix=""
	else
		alias_prefix="$2-"
	fi
else 
	alias_prefix="$(echo $1 | awk '{ n=split($0,a,"/"); print tolower(a[n]) }')-"
fi

# create parent alias -- unless flag is passed
if [ ! $# -eq 3 ] 
then
	parent=$(echo $alias_prefix | sed 's/-//')
	eval alias ${parent}='${alias_path}'
fi

# generate and export the aliases as needed
for i in $(ls "$alias_path")
do
	alias_name="$alias_prefix$i"
	alias_function="cd $alias_path/$i"
	eval alias ${alias_name}='${alias_function}'
done