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# Functions

memq() { # memq ITEM ARRAY
	## Test whether an ITEM is a member of ARRAY.
	## Pass ARRAY as ${ARRAY[@]}.
	local e needle="$1"
	shift
	for e; do
		[[ "$e" == "$needle" ]] && {
			return 0
		}
	done
	return 1
}

rebashrc() { # rebashrc
	## Reload ~/.bashrc
	printf "Loading ~/.bashrc..." >&2
	if source "$HOME/.bashrc"; then
		echo "OK." >&2
	else
		echo "ERROR!" >&2
	fi
}

first_which() { # first_which COMMAND...
	## Return the fully-qualified path of the first COMMAND found in $PATH.
	while :; do
		command -v "$1" && break
		[ -z "$1" ] && return 1
		shift
	done
}

please() { # please [COMMAND...]
	# if run without arguments, run the last command with 'sudo' (aka sudo !!)
	# if run WITH arguments, alias as sudo
	history -d -1
	if [ -z "$1" ]; then
		#set --	$(HISTTIMEFORMAT=$'\t' history 2 | sed 's/^.*\t//;q')
		set -- $(fc -lnr | sed 1q)
	fi
	echo >&2 sudo "$@"
	history -s sudo "$@"
	"${DEBUG:-false}" || sudo "$@"
}

mkcd() {
	if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
		command cd
		return "$?"
	fi
	if [ "x$1" = x- ]; then
		command cd -
		return "$?"
	fi
	if ! [ -d "$1" ]; then
		read -p "$1 doesn't exist.  Create (y/N)? " yn
		case "$yn" in
		n* | N*) return 1 ;;
		y* | Y*) mkdir -p "$1" ;;
		*) return 1 ;;
		esac
	fi
	command cd "$1"
}
alias cd='mkcd '

# from tomasino
# alias julian='echo "x = $(date +%s); scale=5; x / 86400 + 2440587.5" | bc'
julian() {
	echo "x = $(date ${1:+-d "$*"} +%s); scale=5; x / 86400 + 2440587.5" | bc
}

# find files for pipelines
f() {
	find "${1:-$PWD}" -depth |
		while read -r file; do
			printf '%q\n' "$file"
		done
}

words() {
    grep "$1" /usr/share/dict/words
}

dict() {
    curl "dict://dict.org/d:$1" | less
}