#!/bin/sh
# $Id: aligrep 1.0 1997/06/06 02:31:18 jpeek book4 $
#
### aligrep - search MH aliases file(s) for string(s)
### Usage: aligrep [-x] string [...strings]
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if [ $# -eq 0 -o "X$1" = "X-help" ]; then
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` [-x] string [...strings]" 1>&2
    exit 0
fi

# By default, make egrep case-insensitive.  With -x, make it case-sensitive.
iopt=-i
case "$1" in
-x) iopt=; shift ;;
esac

# Build command-line strings into an egrep expression (in $pattern):
pattern=
for param
do
    case "$pattern" in
    "") pattern="($param" ;;
    *)  pattern="$pattern|$param" ;;
    esac
done
pattern="$pattern)"

ali | egrep $iopt "$pattern"