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bash-boilerplate.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Bash3 Boilerplate. Copyright (c) 2014, kvz.io
set -o errexit
set -o pipefail
set -o nounset
# set -o xtrace
# Set magic variables for current file & dir
__dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
__file="${__dir}/$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
__base="$(basename ${__file} .sh)"
__root="$(cd "$(dirname "${__dir}")" && pwd)" # <-- change this as it depends on your app
arg1="${1:-}"
## Taken from:
## http://kvz.io/blog/2013/11/21/bash-best-practices/
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