Question

I’d like to be able to do this

be rake db:migrate

instead of this

be "rake db:migrate"

How to write this function?

function be() {   
  bundle exec ??? 
}

Answer 1

I do this using an alias

// .bash_profile
alias be="bundle exec"

I’d even consider just making it

alias be="bundle exec rake"

As I never really need it for anything other than rake tasks and I always forget to write rake. If it’s a special case then I don’t mind typing bundle exec in full.

As @holygeek points out an alias is the right tool for the job here.