From charlesreid1

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Defining functions

function dostuff() {
    if [[ -f "${DIR}" ]]; then
        echo "${DIR} exists!"
    fi
}

dostuff

Patterns

Check if root user

Use $(id -u) to get the UID. the UID will be 0 if the user is root.

if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
    echo ""
    echo ""
    echo "This script should be run as root."
    echo ""
    echo ""
    exit 1;
fi



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