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# Check if 'watch' is available, if not, enable a stop-gap function
if ! command -v watch &>/dev/null; then
  watch() {
    local OPTIND colWidth titleHead sleepTime dateNow

    while getopts ":hn:vt" optFlags; do
      case "${optFlags}" in
        (h)  printf '%s\n' "Usage:" " watch [-hntv] <command>" "" \
              "Options:" \
              "  -h, help.      Print a summary of the options" \

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# Add -p option to 'touch' to combine 'mkdir -p' and 'touch'
# The trick here is that we use 'command' to launch 'touch',
# as it overrides the shell's lookup order.. essentially speaking.
touch() {
  # Check if '-p' is present.
  # For bash3+ you could use 'if [[ "$@" =~ -p ]];'
  if echo "$@" | grep "\\-p" >/dev/null 2>&1; then

    # Transfer everything to a local array
    local argArray=( "$@" )

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# flocate function.  This gives a search function that blends find and locate
# Will obviously only work where locate lives, so Solaris will mostly be out of luck
# Usage: flocate searchterm1 searchterm2 searchterm[n]
# Source: http://solarum.com/v.php?l=1149LV99
flocate() {
  if ! command -v locate &>/dev/null; then
    printf '%s\n' "[ERROR]: 'flocate' depends on 'locate', which wasn't found."
    return 1
  fi
  if (( $# > 1 )); then

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#!/bin/bash

progWidth="${1:-3}"
sleepTime="0.2"

resetTerm() {
  tput sgr0     # Unset as many things that we've set as possible
  tput cnorm    # Display the cursor again
  printf '%s\n' ""
  exit 0

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#!/bin/bash

progWidth="${1:-3}"
sleepTime="0.2"

resetTerm() {
  tput sgr0     # Unset as many things that we've set as possible
  tput cnorm    # Display the cursor again
  printf '%s\n' ""
  exit 0

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#!/bin/bash

# Because you never know what crazy systems are out there
if ! command -v apropos >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  apropos() { man -k "$*"; }
fi

# A small function to trim whitespace either side of a (sub)string
# shellcheck disable=SC2120
trim() {

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getAD-User-Info() {
  local userName adUserName
  userName="${1:?Username not supplied}"

  # Poll 'id' to either ensure the info is cached
  # or to error out if the user doesn't exist
  if ! id "${userName}" &>/dev/null; then
    printf -- '%s\n' "User '${userName}' could not be found"
    return 1
  fi

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date() {
  case "$@" in
    (*"%o"*) 
      declare -a args1
      declare -a args2
      while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
        args2+=("$1")
        if [[ "${1:0:1}" != + ]]; then
          args1+=("$1")
        fi

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pretty () {
  while read -r; do
    printf "\033[38;5;%dm%s\033[0m\n" $(($RANDOM%255)) "${REPLY}";
  done
}

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if ! command -v cowsay &>/dev/null; then
  cowsay() {
    local msg
    if [[ -t 0 ]] && [[ -z $1 ]]; then
      msg="Moo!  What should I say?"
    elif [[ -n $1 ]]; then
      msg="$*"
    else
      msg=$(paste -sd ' ' - | sed -e "s/[[:space:]]\\+/ /g")
    fi