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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Functions:
+
+# Get the list of specified file extensions from script arguments
+get_extensions() {
+  if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+    # Create an array for extensions
+    EXTENSIONS=()
+    for ext in "$@"; do
+      # Remove the leading dot if present
+      ext="${ext#.}"
+      EXTENSIONS+=("$ext")
+    done
+  else
+    EXTENSIONS=()  # No extensions specified, match everything
+  fi
+}
+
+# Get the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format
+get_current_date() {
+  date +%F
+}
+
+# Check if a file is ignored according to .gitignore
+is_ignored() {
+  local filepath="$1"
+  git check-ignore -q "$filepath"  # Returns 0 if ignored, 1 otherwise
+}
+
+# Process a single file: append its header and content to the output file
+process_file() {
+  local filepath="$1"
+  {
+    echo "# $filepath"  # File header
+    echo ""            # Blank line
+    cat "$filepath"    # File content
+    echo ""            # Blank line after content
+  } >> "$output_file"
+}
+
+# Recursively traverse directories to find and process files
+traverse_directory() {
+  local dir="$1"
+
+  # Construct regex pattern based on provided extensions
+  if [ ${#EXTENSIONS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+    EXTENSIONS_PATTERN=$(printf '\\|%s' "${EXTENSIONS[@]}")
+    pattern=".*\.\($EXTENSIONS_PATTERN\)$"  # Pattern for matching specified extensions
+  else
+    pattern=".*$"  # Matches everything if no extensions specified
+  fi
+
+  # Array of filenames to exclude from processing
+  local EXCLUDED_FILES=("LICENSE" ".gitignore")
+
+  # Loop through entries in the specified directory
+  for entry in "$dir"/*; do
+    if [[ -e "$entry" ]]; then  # Check if the entry exists
+      if [[ -d "$entry" ]]; then  # Process directories
+        if [[ "$(basename "$entry")" != ".git" ]]; then
+          traverse_directory "$entry"  # Recursive call
+        fi
+      elif [[ -f "$entry" ]]; then  # Process files
+        # Check if the file should be excluded
+        local exclude=false
+        for excluded in "${EXCLUDED_FILES[@]}"; do
+          if [[ "$(basename "$entry")" == "$excluded" ]]; then
+            exclude=true
+            break
+          fi
+        done
+
+        # Process the file only if it's not excluded, not ignored, and matches the pattern
+        if [[ "$exclude" == false ]] && 
+           ! is_ignored "$entry" && 
+           [[ "$entry" =~ $pattern ]]; then
+          process_file "$entry"  # Process the file
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+# Main function to execute the script logic
+main() {
+  get_extensions "$@"  # Pass all script arguments to get_extensions function
+
+  output_file="output-$(get_current_date).txt"  # Define the output file name
+
+  # Clear previous output file if it exists
+  > "$output_file"
+
+  # Start the file traversal from the current directory
+  traverse_directory "."
+
+  echo "Consolidation complete! Output saved in: $output_file"  # Completion message
+}
+
+# Execution begins here
+echo "Consolidating..."
+main "$@"  # Invoke main function with script arguments
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