function service { # Needs brew services installed: brew tap homebrew/services # $1 the service and $2 the action # service mysql stop # service mysql status if [ $2 == "status" ]; then STATUS=`brew services ls | grep --color=never $1` if [ -n "$STATUS" ]; then echo $STATUS else echo "$1 not running, maybe 'service $1 start'" fi else brew services $2 $1 fi }