#!/usr/bin/sh
# compat: +ash +bash +dash +zsh

ify() { ### @-
    ### pipe one command through another, so you can still pass arguments to the former.
    ###
    ### this is mainly useful for aliases. 99% of the time you'll use this with `less`.
    ###
    ### ```
    ### $ alias ll="ify less ls -ACX --group-directories-first --color=force"
    ### $ ll /etc
    ### ```

    [ $# -ge 2 ] || { printf "%s\n" "$0: too few arguments" >&2; return 1; }
    local ex="$1"
    shift
    "$@" | "$ex"
}

[ -n "${preload+-}" ] || ify "$@"