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+#!/bin/bash
+VERSION="0.0.1"
+
+trap 'echo -ne "\n:::\n:::\tCaught signal, exiting at line $LINENO, while running :${BASH_COMMAND}:\n:::\n"; exit' SIGINT SIGQUIT
+
+# device_make_blank.sh: Tool to wipe a block device by writing from /dev/zero to it
+#
+# Copyright © 2023 Kalin KOZHUHAROV <kalin@thinrope.net>
+
+
+NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS=1
+DEVICE_TO_WIPE=$1
+
+# {{{ external dependencies
+declare -A COMMANDS
+## sys-apps/pv-1.6.20
+COMMANDS[pv]="/usr/bin/pv"
+# external dependencies }}}
+# {{{ standard error checking
+function usage()
+{
+	echo -ne "\n"
+	echo -ne "==================== $0-${VERSION} ====================\n"
+	echo -ne "Usage: $0 <DEVICE_TO_WIPE>\n"
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -ne ${NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS} ]
+then
+	echo "$0: Illegal number of parameters: $# (should have been ${NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS}) !!!"
+	usage
+	exit -1
+fi
+
+for C in "${!COMMANDS[@]}"
+do
+	if [ ! -e "${COMMANDS[$C]}" ]
+	then
+		echo "$0: Cannot find ${C} command, tried ${COMMANDS[$C]} path..."
+		echo "$0: Giving up, please fix the script."
+		exit -2
+	fi
+	if [ ! -x "${COMMANDS[$C]}" ]
+	then
+		echo "$0: Cannot execute ${COMMANDS[$C]}, check your user permissions."
+		echo "$0: Giving up, please use sudo as appropriate."
+		exit -3
+	fi
+done
+# standard error checking }}}
+
+if [ ! -r "${DEVICE_TO_WIPE}" ]
+then
+	echo "$0: Cannot read ${DEVICE_TO_WIPE} !!! Login as root or use sudo?"
+	exit -4
+fi
+
+echo "Under development! For now try the following command:"
+echo
+echo "pv -petrab </dev/zero >/dev/sdb"
+echo
+exit 0
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# YYYY-mm-dd	ver	Changes
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2023-04-17	0.0.1	Initial commit
+#
+
+# vim: foldmethod=marker