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+# if this script is run as sudo, then at some point it may be useful to become another
+# user, in order to run something from within their context.  this is one way to do it
+# with a semi-interactive set of steps...
+sudo -u chronical bash <<eof
+echo hello this is \$USER
+echo we be in \$(pwd)
+echo "where you at?"
+eof
+
+# this can also be done by running a script with all those commands in it.
+sudo -u chronical bash /home/chronical/thing_to_run_as_chronical.sh
+