Create reusable functions bash

Question

I have the following the curl command :-
curl --cert certificate_file.pem:password -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{somedata}'

below part of curl would be common

curl --cert certificate_file.pem:password

How can I make it reusable and call?

Artem S. Tashkinov · Answer

You can even use an alias for that, since the first part remains constant.
alias mycurl='curl --cert certificate_file.pem:password'

If you insist on a function, this could work:
function mycurl()
{
    curl --cert certificate_file.pem:password "$@"
}

Both can now be invoked this way:

mycurl -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{somedata}'

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