I imagine most people have sets of macros they habitually add to any sufficiently complex script they're modifying... yelp(){ es=$1 shift echo "$

I imagine most people have sets of macros they habitually add to any sufficiently complex script they're modifying... yelp(){ es=$1 shift echo "$@" >&2 exit $es } test -d /tmp/goober || yelp 33 "couldn't find goober!" (yes, I'm sure there are standards for exit status ranges and 33 is not such a thing)