shell function to start and stop services in a more readable way

gistfile1.sh

start() {
  case "$1" in
    mysql)
      # cd /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.25 ; /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.25/bin/mysqld_safe &
      /usr/local/bin/mysql.server start
    ;;
    postgresql)
      pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
      # to install postgres gem: env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg
    ;;
    mongodb)
      mongod run --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf --rest
    ;;
    redis)
      # to connect in localhost: redis://localhost:6379
      redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf
    ;;
    elasticsearch)
      elasticsearch -f -D es.config=/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/0.19.6/config/elasticsearch.yml
      # logs: open /usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_peter.log
      # folder with cluster data: open /usr/local/var/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_peter/
      # see ElasticSearch running: open http://localhost:9200
    ;;
    apache)
      sudo apachectl start
    ;;
  esac
}
stop() {
  case "$1" in
    mysql)
      /usr/local/bin/mysql.server stop
    ;;
    postgresql)
      pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast
    ;;
    apache)
      sudo apachectl stop
    ;;
  esac
}