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Unofficial bash strict mode boilerplate.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# ---- Start unofficial bash strict mode boilerplate (http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/)

set -o errexit    # always exit on error
set -o errtrace   # trap errors in functions as well
set -o pipefail   # don't ignore exit codes when piping output
set -o posix      # more strict failures in subshells
# set -x            # enable debugging

IFS="$(printf "\n\t")"

# ---- End unofficial bash strict mode boilerplate