bash function to add aliases just-in-time and reload the .bash_aliases file

.bash_functions

#!/bin/bash

# add alias definitions on the go,
# and reload .bash_aliases into your current shell
function addalias() {
    read -p "alias name: " alias_name
    read -p "alias cmd: " alias_cmd

    cmd_str="alias $alias_name=\"$alias_cmd\""
    the_rest=" >> ~/.bash_aliases && . ~/.bash_aliases"
    echo "echo \""$cmd_str""$the_rest"\""
    
    confirm="Y"
    read -p "  is that ok? (y/N): " confirm

    if [[ $confirm == [yY] || $confirm == [yY][eE][sS] ]]; then
     echo $cmd_str >> ~/.bash_aliases && . ~/.bash_aliases
      echo "neat"
    fi
}

alias aa='addalias'