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+#!/bin/bash
+
+### Functions ###
+
+### scriptHelp -- display usage information for this script
+function scriptHelp {
+    echo "In the future, I will be something helpful!"
+}
+
+### End of Functions ###
+
+
+### Default parameters
+
+# store the logfile in the same directory as this script using the script's name
+# with the extension .log
+scriptPath="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+scriptName="$( basename ${0} )"
+logFile="$scriptPath/${scriptName%.*}.log"
+
+
+### Process script parameters
+
+# if no parameters provided, then show the help page and exit with error
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+    # show script help page
+    scriptHelp 1
+fi
+
+# use GetOpts to process parameters
+while getopts 'l:' PARAMS; do
+    case "$PARAMS" in
+        l)
+            # use provided location for logFile
+            logFile="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+
+
+# This code should not be executed since the 'quit' function should terminate
+# this script.  Therefore, exit with code 99 if we get to this point.
+exit 99