sh_function.sh   [plain text]

#!/bin/sh

#/*! @function formatmessage
#    @abstract formats a message in a dumb way
#    @param $1 The last word of the message
#    @param $2 The next-to-last word of the message
#    @param $3+ The rest of the message
#*/

formatmessage()
{
	LW=$1
	NLW=$2
	shift
	shift
	STRING=$@
	echo "$STRING $NLW $LW"
}

# Here starteh the script.  And yea, though the script be
# short, it doth make thee laugh.

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