YUM-like commands for pacman

pac

#!/bin/bash

usage()
{
  echo "USAGE: pac (search|install|update|upgrade|list|listpkg|remove|foreign|whatprovides) [packagename]"
}

PACMAN=/usr/bin/pacman
CMD=$1
shift

case "$CMD" in
  help)
    usage && exit 0
  ;;
  search)
    OPTS="-Ss"
  ;;
  install)
    OPTS="-S"
  ;;
  upgrade)
    OPTS="-U"
  ;;
  remove)
    OPTS="-Rc"
  ;;
  update)
    OPTS="-Syu"
  ;;
  list)
   OPTS="-Ql"
  ;;
  listpkg)
   OPTS="-Qpl"
  ;;
  foreign)
   OPTS="-Qm"
  ;;
  whatprovides)
   OPTS="-Qo"
  ;;
  *)
    usage && exit 1
  ;;
esac

exec "$PACMAN" "$OPTS" "$@"

Copy to /usr/local/bin and chmod +x
Then you can type:

pac update