From 32a40e8ae91cc1cbc557dedbaf199d6691a056c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ag-tsotetsi <ag.tsotetsi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 12:26:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added utils functions to clean up usage of pipe to null
 device everywhere in script

---
 config/utilities.bash | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/utilities.bash b/config/utilities.bash
index 74deb7a..1326d79 100644
--- a/config/utilities.bash
+++ b/config/utilities.bash
@@ -15,4 +15,22 @@ create_sysroot() {
 
 	ln -fs lib "$SYSROOT/usr/lib64"
 	ln -fs usr/lib64 "$SYSROOT/lib64"
+}
+
+discard_out() {
+    "$@" > /dev/null
+}
+
+redirect_out() {
+    local path=$1; shift
+    "$@" > "$path"
+}
+
+discard_all() {
+    "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+redirect_all() {
+    local path=$1; shift
+    "$@" > "$path" 2>&1
 }
\ No newline at end of file