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 # Bash
 
+## stdout/stderr (console and logs)
+
+``` bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Environment overrides
+LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}" # TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR
+LOG_INCLUDE_TS=0               # 0 or 1 = include timestamp
+LOG_INCLUDE_TYPE=1             # 0 or 1 = include [LEVEL]
+
+# When set to 1, all log messages are sent to stderr instead of splitting
+# INFO/DEBUG/TRACE to stdout and WARN/ERROR to stderr. Useful for scripts
+# where stdout must remain clean for pipelines, JSON output, or data export.
+LOG_ALL_TO_STDERR=0
+
+# Level mapping
+declare -A LEVELS=([TRACE]=0 [DEBUG]=1 [INFO]=2 [WARN]=3 [ERROR]=4)
+
+# Helpers
+_log_ts()   { [ "$LOG_INCLUDE_TS" = "1" ]   && printf "[%s]" "$(date -Iseconds)"; }
+_log_type() { [ "$LOG_INCLUDE_TYPE" = "1" ] && printf "[%s]" "$1"; }
+_log_ok()   { [[ ${LEVELS[$1]} -ge ${LEVELS[$LOG_LEVEL]} ]]; }
+
+# Output selector
+_log_out() {
+  local level="$1"
+  shift
+  local msg="$*"
+
+  if [ "$LOG_ALL_TO_STDERR" = "1" ]; then
+    printf "%s\n" "$msg" >&2
+  else
+    case "$level" in
+      TRACE|DEBUG|INFO) printf "%s\n" "$msg" >&1 ;;
+      WARN|ERROR)       printf "%s\n" "$msg" >&2 ;;
+    esac
+  fi
+}
+
+# Log functions
+log_trace() { _log_ok TRACE && _log_out TRACE "$(_log_ts)$(_log_type TRACE) $*"; }
+log_debug() { _log_ok DEBUG && _log_out DEBUG "$(_log_ts)$(_log_type DEBUG) $*"; }
+log_info()  { _log_ok INFO  && _log_out INFO  "$(_log_ts)$(_log_type INFO)  $*"; }
+log_warn()  { _log_ok WARN  && _log_out WARN  "$(_log_ts)$(_log_type WARN)  $*"; }
+log_error() { _log_ok ERROR && _log_out ERROR "$(_log_ts)$(_log_type ERROR) $*"; }
+
+# Examples
+log_trace "trace example"
+log_debug "debug example"
+log_info  "info example"
+log_warn  "warn example"
+log_error "error example"
+log_error "error example"
+```
+
 ## arrays
 
 ``` bash