BASH script template

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash
# Begin script
##############
#$# creator : 
#%# email: 
#$# created : Mon Sep 16 10:44:12 2013
#$# title : 
#$# description : 
#$# usage : 
########## Define a usage function
function usage {
        echo "Usage: $this args"
        if [ "$1" = "exit" ]; then exit; fi
}
########## Set to "false" to turn verbose off
function echo_stdout { echo "$@"; }
function echo_stderr { echo "$@" >& 2; }
# Set verbose to 'echo_stderr' or 'echo_stdout' to see output trace info
verbose=false
$verbose Verbose output on ${verbose##*_}
########## Setup some common paths
# The absolute, canonical ( no ".." ) path to this script
canonical=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && printf '%s\n' "$(pwd -P)/$(basename -- "$0")")
# Just the filename of this script
this=$(basename $canonical)
$verbose This: $this
# The directory this script is in
here=$(dirname $canonical)
$verbose Here: $here
########## When the script is being executed
today=$(date +%F)
now=$(date +%H:%M:%S)
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