Terminitor command shortcuts

# Terminitor (Ruby gem) command shortcuts
# term PROJECT >> terminitor start PROJECT
# term PROJECT open >> terminitor open PROJECT
function term() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo Project argument required
  else
    local terminator_project="$1"
    local terminitor_action="${2:-start}"
    terminitor "$terminitor_action" "$terminator_project";
  fi
}

If you're going to be explicit with $terminator_action, you might as well be explicit about the other argument as well. Also, when taking arguments and passing them to another program, it's good to quote them. You can pass multiple words as a single argument using quotes, so you want to handle that case, even if you'd never actually use it:

$ term "my project name has spaces"

Here's my suggestion:

# Terminitor (Ruby gem) command shortcuts
# term PROJECT >> terminitor start PROJECT
# term PROJECT open >> terminitor open PROJECT
function term() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo Project argument required
  else
    local terminator_project="$1"
    local terminitor_action="${2:-start}"
    terminitor "$terminitor_action" "$terminator_project";
}

Thanks, that helped clarify a few things. What does the - in "-start" imply?

BTW you missed a fi before the ending }, but I fixed that in the updated gist.

Woops, damnit.

${var:-default} is the syntax for specifying a default expansion value. The '-' doesn't imply anything really, it's just a syntax token.