In bash, when I'd like to have a glimpse at what an already defined shell function does, I can:
$ type myFunctionName
For a variable myFunctionName, it provides me with the type of the variable (a function), but also print the source of this shell function on the terminal. Very handy.
When I do the same in zsh, it only gives me the its type, not its shell code.
Is there a way to ask zsh to print to source of a shell function given its name ?
For both zsh and bash (and ksh) you can use typeset -f myFunctionName to get the function definition
% x()
function> {
function> echo x
function> }
% typeset -f x
x () {
echo x
}
which myFunctionName in zsh (where zsh is builtin like in tcsh)
yash, you'd need typeset -pf x
function> notation . How do you make this prompt happen ?
function> prompt automatically appeared for me when I began the function definition x() on the command line. It's zsh's way of telling the user they're in the middle of defining a function. It's the default on my (old) MacOS machine where I tested.
alias x="exa" ... That's the reason I had no such prompt when I hit enter try to do your example with x (). That's excellent, I was always moving to .sh file when the one-liner was becoming a bit too complex but still easy. I'll use this now.