+#!/bin/bash
+# Desc: Display message if opVerbose true
+
+vbm() {
+ # Description: Prints verbose message ("vbm") to stderr if opVerbose is set to "true".
+ # Usage: vbm "DEBUG :verbose message here"
+ # Version 0.2.0
+ # Input: arg1: string
+ # vars: opVerbose
+ # Output: stderr
+ # Depends: bash 5.0.3, echo 8.30, date 8.30
+
+ if [ "$opVerbose" = "true" ]; then
+ functionTime="$(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 opVerbose true
+
+#==BEGIN sample code==
+vbm "STATUS:This is a status message.";
+opVerbose="true";
+vbm "STATUS:This is another status message.";
+#==END sample code==
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+