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Simple Bash Script to Remove Clearcase Views (experimental)

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So I just wanted to take a minute to say how awesome GNU Bash is, and that you can do a great many things with it. One of those things you can do is run commands from the cross-platform-compatible(mostly) IBM Rational Clearcase cleartool. Since I was working on cleaning up some old user views, I thought I'd just make a quick writeup on a script for helping with this task. I did it because I like writing scripts in Bash and I'm working (very often) to get better at it. Please note, the script is experimental, and just meant for tinkering purposes. That said, I can't be held responsible for any damage you do to your systems as a result of using this script. The script takes a parameter of the username. The script will search for views that are owned by the username, and will de-register, de-tag them. As for deleting the actual files at the view path, that part is NOT done by this script. Instead, the script will record the server name and view path into a file named...