Linux Commands: Making Bash Error Messages Friendlier

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Published on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 Indexed on 2010/04/01 14:33 UTC
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<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Bash error messages, like so many error messages, can be more cryptic than helpful. But the good news is bash has a built-in mechanism for creating your own customized error messages, and you don't have to be an ace programmer to do it. Ubuntu and openSUSE already use this; Akkana Peck shows us how to do it ourselves."

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