Use keyword-less function definition syntax

99bottles.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ wastefulBreakLine="If one of those bottles should happen to fall"
 breakLine=$([ "$1" = --careless ] && echo $wastefulBreakLine ||
                                      echo $standardBreakLine)
 
-function pred() {  #get predecessor to a number
+pred() {  #get predecessor to a number
   case $1 in
     *nine)  echo ${1%nine}eight;;
     *eight) echo ${1%eight}seven;;
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ function pred() {  #get predecessor to a number
   esac
   }
   
-function teenpred() { #predecessor of a teen
+teenpred() { #predecessor of a teen
   case $1 in
      thirteen)   echo twelve;;
      *)     echo $(crunchprefix $(pred $(uncrunchprefix ${1%teen})))teen;;
      esac  
   }
   
-function tenspred() { #predecessor of a multiple of ten
+tenspred() { #predecessor of a multiple of ten
   case $1 in
      twenty)     echo nineteen;;
      *) echo $(crunchprefix --tens $(pred $(uncrunchprefix ${1%ty})))ty-nine;;
      esac  
   }
   
-function crunchprefix() {
+crunchprefix() {
   #crunch number prefix to its conventional form
   # such as three --> thir
   # option --tens     multiples of ten are a bit different
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function crunchprefix() {
   esac
   }
 
-function uncrunchprefix() { #reverse crunchprefix
+uncrunchprefix() { #reverse crunchprefix
   case $1 in
     twen)  echo two;;
     thir)  echo three;;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function uncrunchprefix() { #reverse crunchprefix
   esac
   }
     
-function grammar() { #peculiarities of English grammar
+grammar() { #peculiarities of English grammar
   local oneBottle=false  #can effect the following line
   while read line; do
     line="${line/one more bottles/one more bottle}"
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ function grammar() { #peculiarities of English grammar
     done
   }
   
-function capitalize() {  #fix beginning of each line
+capitalize() {  #fix beginning of each line
   while read line; do
     echo -n ${line:0:1} | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'
     echo ${line#?}
     done
   }
-function punctuate() {  #add punct to each line
+punctuate() {  #add punct to each line
   while read line; do 
     case "${line}" in
       [Ii]f*)   echo ${line},;;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function punctuate() {  #add punct to each line
     done
   }
 
-function verse () { #write one verse
+verse () { #write one verse
   local nb=$1
   echo $nb bottles of beer on the wall
   echo $nb bottles of beer
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function verse () { #write one verse
   echo $nb bottles of beer on the wall
   }
   
-function poeticize() { #make it nice
+poeticize() { #make it nice
   while read first rest; do
     case "$rest" in
       *beer*)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function poeticize() { #make it nice
     done
   }
   
-function syllables { #estimate number of syls in word
+syllables() { #estimate number of syls in word
   local n=1
   case $1 in
     eleven)       n=2;; #sounds better if not considered 3