Bash script to install python locally without root permissions

This bash script downloads, builds and installs a particular version of python in the location of your choice without requiring root permissions. It also creates a virtual environment that you can activate to use it. It is licensed under the terms of MIT open source license.

This script is also available on github: https://github.com/jlinoff/pybld.git

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Bash function that accepts white space arguments

This example shows how to create a bash function that will accept white space arguments. This doesn’t come up often but when it does I have to re-discover how to do it. This little reminder will make that rediscovery process unnecessary.
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