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[ShellCheck](https://github.com/shellcheck) is a static analysis tool for shell events. This file holds all the long form descriptions of warnings and suggestions it outputs. If you get this output:

$ shellcheck myevent
In myevent line 11:
eof
   ^-- SC1111: Include whitespace after the here-doc end token.

and it’s too terse or you’re not sure whether it applies, you can read more on this wiki page: .

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