| 1 | #!/bin/bash |
| 2 | # Desc: Display message if opVerbose true |
| 3 | |
| 4 | vbm() { |
| 5 | # Description: Prints verbose message ("vbm") to stderr if opVerbose is set to "true". |
| 6 | # Usage: vbm "DEBUG :verbose message here" |
| 7 | # Version 0.2.0 |
| 8 | # Input: arg1: string |
| 9 | # vars: opVerbose |
| 10 | # Output: stderr |
| 11 | # Depends: bash 5.0.3, echo 8.30, date 8.30 |
| 12 | |
| 13 | if [ "$opVerbose" = "true" ]; then |
| 14 | functionTime="$(date --iso-8601=ns)"; # Save current time in nano seconds. |
| 15 | echo "[$functionTime]:$0:""$*" 1>&2; # Display argument text. |
| 16 | fi |
| 17 | |
| 18 | # End function |
| 19 | return 0; # Function finished. |
| 20 | } # Displays message if opVerbose true |
| 21 | |
| 22 | #==BEGIN sample code== |
| 23 | vbm "STATUS:This is a status message."; |
| 24 | opVerbose="true"; |
| 25 | vbm "STATUS:This is another status message."; |
| 26 | #==END sample code== |
| 27 | |
| 28 | # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval |
| 29 | # License: GPLv3+ |