diff --git a/modules/scripting/array.mod b/modules/scripting/array.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a86cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripting/array.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Author: Hugo Thunnissen <hugo.thunnissen@gmail.com>
+# License: see LICENSE file.
+#
+##
+# Utility functions for common array operations.
+# To prevent circular references, none of the functions allow
+# usage on an array named "array", and some won't allow the usage
+# of an array by the name "oth_array" for a second arrayname that is passed.
+# Functions that do variable assignment won't allow the usage of a variable
+# by the name "variable".
+#
+##
+
+## IMPPORTANT:  CANNOT DO THIS IN A SUBSHELL i.e. $( )
+
+##
+# Check if an array is eligible to use the functions on.
+# return values:
+# 1: Array variable has not been set.
+# 2: The array variable is named "array"
+#
+
+
+# array, string, delimiter
+function String::split() {
+  #!/bin/bash
+Array::isValid "$1" || return $? 
+[[ $2 ]] || return 1
+delimiter=${3:-" "}
+s=$2$delimiter
+# echo del: $delimiter 
+# echo string: $s
+declare -n array="$1"
+while [[ $s ]]; do
+    array+=( "${s%%"$delimiter"*}" );
+    # echo added element now: ${array[@]}
+    s=${s#*"$delimiter"};
+    # echo remains: $s
+done;
+}
+
+function Array::isValid() {
+  if ! declare -p "$1" &>>/dev/null; then
+    echo 'Array: Array variable needs to be set.' >&2
+    return 1
+  elif [[ $1 == array ]]; then
+    echo 'Array: Array variable can not be named "array"' >&2
+    return 2
+  fi
+}
+
+##
+# Check if a variable can be assigned.
+# return values:
+# 3: The variable has not yet been declared
+# 5: The variable is named "variable"
+#
+# $1 variable_name
+function Array::varIsValid() {
+  if ! [[ -v $1 ]]; then
+    echo 'Array: Variable needs to be declared before assigning to it.' >&2
+    return 3
+  elif [[ $1 == variable ]]; then
+    echo 'Array: Variable cannot be named "variable"' >&2
+    return 5
+  fi
+}
+
+##
+# pop an array
+# return values:
+# 4: array size is 0
+# other: see Array::isValid
+#
+# $1: array_name
+function Array::pop() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+
+  declare -n array="$1"
+  [[ ${#array[@]} -gt 0 ]] || return 4
+
+  unset 'array[-1]'
+}
+
+##
+# Pop an array and assign the popped value to a variable
+# return values:
+# 4: array size is 0
+# other: see Array::isValid and Array::varIsValid
+#
+# $1: array_name
+# $2: variable_name
+function Array::popToVar() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+  Array::varIsValid "$2" || return $?
+
+  declare -n array="$1" variable="$2"
+  [[ ${#array[@]} -gt 0 ]] || return 4
+  variable="${array[-1]}"
+
+  Array::pop "$1"
+}
+
+##
+# Shift an array.
+# $1: array_name
+function Array::shift() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+
+  declare -n array="$1"
+  declare -i shift_amount="$2"
+  ((shift_amount = shift_amount == 0 ? ++shift_amount : shift_amount))
+  [[ ${#array[@]} -gt 0 ]] || return 4
+  set -- "${array[@]}"
+  shift $shift_amount
+
+  array=("$@")
+}
+
+##
+# Shift an array and assign the shifted value to a variable
+# $1: array_name
+# $2: variable_name
+function Array::shiftToVar() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+  Array::varIsValid "$2" || return $?
+
+  # TODO: Add shifting to multiple variables
+  declare -n array="$1" variable="$2"
+  [[ ${#array[@]} -gt 0 ]] || return 4
+  variable="${array[0]}"
+
+  Array::shift "$1"
+}
+
+##
+# Push a value to an array
+# $1: array_name
+# $2: value
+function Array::push() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+  declare -n array="$1"
+  shift
+
+  array=("${array[@]}" "$@")
+}
+
+##
+# Unshift a value to an array
+# $1: array_name
+# $*: values
+function Array::unshift() {
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+  declare -n array="$1"
+  shift
+
+  array=("$@" "${array[@]}")
+}
+
+##
+# Map through an array with a callback and assign the yielded values
+# to the defined array.
+# $1: array_name
+# $2: array_to_be_assigned_to_name (may not be "oth_array")
+# $3: callback_name
+function Array::map() {
+  if ! declare -F "$3" &>>/dev/null; then
+    echo 'Array: Error, $3 for Array::map must be a function name'
+    return 6
+  fi
+  Array::isValid "$1" || return $?
+  Array::isValid "$2" || return $?
+
+  declare -n array="$1"
+  declare -a oth_array=()
+  declare func="$3" in_Array_map="true"
+
+  for item in "${array[@]}"; do
+    "$func" "$item"
+  done
+
+  declare -n array="$2"
+
+  array=("${oth_array[@]}")
+}
+
+##
+# Strictly for use in Array::map callbacks.
+# $1: Variable that should be added to the new array
+function Array::yield() {
+  [[ "$in_Array_map"  == true ]] && oth_array=("${oth_array[@]}" "$@")
+}
+
+##
+# Check if an array has a certain value stored in it.
+# $1: arrayname
+# $2: value
+function Array::hasValue() {
+  if ! Array::isValid "$1"; then
+    echo "$(caller): $1 is not a valid array."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  declare -n array="$1"
+
+  if [[ $2 == +([0-9]) ]]; then
+    for item in "${array[@]}"; do
+      [[ $2 -eq $item ]] && return 0
+    done
+  else
+    for item in "${array[@]}"; do
+      [[ "$2" == "$item" ]] && return 0
+    done
+  fi
+  return 1
+}
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diff --git a/modules/utility/bundle.sh b/modules/scripting/bundle.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/utility/bundle.sh
rename to modules/scripting/bundle.sh
diff --git a/modules/utility/confirm.sh b/modules/scripting/confirm.func
similarity index 69%
rename from modules/utility/confirm.sh
rename to modules/scripting/confirm.func
index 2653676..3f747b4 100644
--- a/modules/utility/confirm.sh
+++ b/modules/scripting/confirm.func
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 # ======================================================================
-#
-# @link http://wuhrr.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/adding-confirmation-to-bash/#comment-3540
-#
-# Function: confirm
-# Asks the user to confirm an action, If the user does not answer yes,
-# then the script will immediately exit.
+# 
+# flags: -s, use strong confirmation, only yes or YES or Yes is accepted
 #
 # Parameters:
 # $@ - The confirmation message
@@ -13,6 +10,10 @@
 # >  # Example 1
 # >  # The preferred way to use confirm
 # >  confirm Delete file1? && echo rm file1
+# >   or 
+# >   [[ confirm Delete file1 ]]; then
+# >   rm file1 
+# >   fi
 # >
 # >  # Example 2
 # >  # Use the $? variable to examine confirm's return value
@@ -32,9 +33,12 @@
 
 function confirm()
 {
-    echo -n "$@ "
+    local res="y Y yes YES Yes Sure sure SURE OK ok Ok"
+    local strong="yes YES Yes" 
+    [[ $1 =  "-s" ]] && { res=$strong; strong=true shift; } || strong="" 
+    echo -n "$@" "$([[ $strong ]] && echo \< $res \>) ? "
     read -e answer
-    for response in y Y yes YES Yes Sure sure SURE OK ok Ok
+    for response in $res
     do
         if [ "_$answer" == "_$response" ]
         then
diff --git a/modules/utility/debug.lib b/modules/scripting/debug.lib
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/utility/debug.lib
rename to modules/scripting/debug.lib
diff --git a/modules/scripting/helpers.mod b/modules/scripting/helpers.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ea814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripting/helpers.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# must be json as a string, depends on jq
+get_prop_value () {
+    local value
+    # echo in $1 get $2
+    value=$(echo $1 | jq -r .$2)
+    echo $value
+}
+
+is_array() {
+    local variable_name=$1
+    [[ "$(declare -p $variable_name 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
+}
+
+filename() {
+    # passed entire path
+    echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)
+}
+
+# // TODO remove and use path module
+# // must change acl.lib and loginout, chromium, and ungoogled install files
+adirname() {
+    # passed entire path
+    echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+}
+
+user_exists() {
+    id -u $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+    [[ $? == 1 ]] || echo $1
+    }
+
+
+chmod_dirs() {
+    # passed entire path
+    local usesudo
+    [[ $1 == -s ]] && usesudo="sudo" && shift 2
+    $usesudo find $1 -type f -exec chmod $2 {} +
+}
+
+parse_option () {
+  # usage: parse_option -f "-b one -p 22 -F another" -p
+  # if -f is used then it will return the complete option
+  # otherwise just the options value
+  local opts;local f;local opt; local ret
+  [[ $1 = "-f" ]] && { f=true;shift 1; }
+  [[ $1 && $2 ]] || return 1
+  opts=$1
+  opt=$2
+  [[ ! $opts =~ "$opt" ]] && return 1
+  ret=$(sed -n "/^.*$opt\s\+\(\w\+\).*$/s//\1/p" <<< $opts)
+  [[ $f ]] && echo "$2 $ret" || echo $ret
+}
+
+remove_end_spaces () {
+    del=${2:-\'}
+    # echo delimiter: $del
+    # sed -e "s/[[:space:]]\{1,\}$del/$del/" <<< "$1"
+    res=$(sed -e "s/^$del[[:space:]]*/$del/" <<< "$1")
+    # echo leading: $res
+    sed -e "s/[[:space:]]*${del}$/$del/" <<< "$res"
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/scripting/minimize.func b/modules/scripting/minimize.func
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add532f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripting/minimize.func
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+minimize () {
+  # will minimize script, removing comment lines and blank lines and inline comments
+  # TODO -r remove shebang, replace newlines with ; remove continuation \
+  # usage: <options> "source"    (source as text or source as filename, as text MUST be quoted!)
+  # options: 
+  # -t  # argment will get text of source, otherwise it is the file path
+  # -o filepath # output to file
+  # -v # verbose, only applies when using -o.  will output to file and return (stdout).
+  local out; local verbose; local text
+  local min="/^[[:space:]]*#/d; /#$/d; /^$/d; s/\(.*\)#.*/\1/"
+  local OPTION; local OPTARG; local OPTIND
+#   host=$(sed 's/\(.*\):.*/\1/' <<<"$SRC")
+  while getopts 'to:v' OPTION; do
+    # echo $OPTION $OPTARG
+    case "$OPTION" in
+    
+    t)
+      text=true
+      ;;  
+    v)
+      verbose=true
+    ;; 
+    o)
+      out="$OPTARG"
+      ;;    
+    *)
+      echo unknown option $OPTION
+      ;;  
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+  if [[ $text ]]; then 
+    res="$(echo "$1" | sed "$min")"
+   else
+    res="$(sed "$min" "$1")"
+  fi  
+  if [[ $out ]]; then
+    [[ $verbose ]] && echo "$res" | tee "$out" || echo "$res" > "$out"
+   else 
+    echo "$res"
+  fi 
+}
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diff --git a/modules/scripting/path.sh b/modules/scripting/path.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e99bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripting/path.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+isAbsPath() {
+    if [[ "${1:0:1}" == / || "${1:0:2}" == ~[/a-z] ]]
+    then
+        echo "true"
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# get full absolute path from a current or parent path
+function abs_path {
+    local target="$1"
+    [[ $(isAbsPath $target) ]] && { echo $target; return 0; }
+    # echo relative path finding absolute
+    if [[ ! $(echo "$target" | sed 's/^\.\..*//') ]]; then
+        # echo .. parent directory
+        echo "$(dirname "$(pwd)")/${target/..//}" | tr -s /
+        return 0
+    fi    
+    if [[ ! $(echo "$target" | sed 's/^\..*//') ]]; then
+        # echo . current directory
+        echo "$(pwd)/${target/.//}" | tr -s /
+        return 0
+    fi    
+    # echo simple relative
+    echo "$(pwd)/$target" | tr -s /
+}
+
+# get full absolute path from a current or parent path
+function abs_dir {
+    # with no trailing / will assume that is a file
+    # and remove it so return only the directory.
+    local target="$1"
+    [[ ! "$target" == */ ]] && target=$(dirname $target) 
+    echo $(abs_path $target)
+}
+
+ 
diff --git a/modules/utility/yaml.sh b/modules/scripting/yaml.mod
similarity index 67%
rename from modules/utility/yaml.sh
rename to modules/scripting/yaml.mod
index 0d8946d..e0c7f62 100755
--- a/modules/utility/yaml.sh
+++ b/modules/scripting/yaml.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # echo loading yaml module 
 # https://gist.github.com/pkuczynski/8665367
 # read yaml file, second argument (if any) is added prefix
+
+module_load minimize
+
 parse_yaml() {
    local prefix=$2
    local s='[[:space:]]*' w='[a-zA-Z0-9_]*' fs=$(echo @|tr @ '\034')
@@ -19,7 +22,17 @@ parse_yaml() {
 }
 
 yaml() {
-    python3 -c "import yaml;print(yaml.safe_load(open('$1'))$2)"
+   dic=$(parse_yaml $1)
+   echo $dic
+   declare -A test
+   while read -d, -r pair; do
+      IFS='=' read -r key val <<<"$pair"
+      echo adding $val to $key
+      test[$key]=$val
+   done <<<"$dic\n"
+   echo ${test['MP']}
+   echo ${test[@]}
 }
 
 
+   # dic=$(python3 -c "import yaml;print(yaml.safe_load(open('$1')))")
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diff --git a/modules/utility/iecho.func b/modules/utility/iecho.func
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bc10ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utility/iecho.func
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+iecho () {
+[[ ! -z "$PS1" ]] && echo $1
+}
+
+#   no way to tell if sourced vs subshell
+#   # [[ ! -z "$PS1" ]] && [[ $SHLVL -eq 1 ]] && echo $1
+#   # echo [[ -z $PS1 ]]
+#   echo $SHLVL
+#   echo $$
+#   echo $BASHPID
+#   if [[ -t 1 ]]; then
+#         echo "Terminal"
+# else
+#         echo "Not-a-terminal"
+# fi
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