#!/bin/bash # Desc: Display message if optionVerbose true vbm() { # Description: Prints verbose message ("vbm") to stderr if optionVerbose is set to "true". # Usage: vbm "DEBUG :verbose message here" # Version 0.1.3 # Input: arg1: string # vars: optionVerbose # Output: stderr # Depends: bash 5.0.3, echo 8.30, date 8.30 if [ "$optionVerbose" = "true" ]; then functionTime=$(date --iso-8601=ns); # Save current time in nano seconds. echo "[$functionTime]:$0:""$*" 1>&2; # Display argument text. fi # End function return 0; # Function finished. } # Displays message if optionVerbose true #==BEGIN sample code== vbm "STATUS:This is a status message."; optionVerbose="true"; vbm "STATUS:This is another status message."; #==END sample code== # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval # License: GPLv3+