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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+