diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 7259c9f..9a8d234 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
           ? - [ ] "GitHub Dark Default",
           ! - [4] "Solarized Dark",
     */
-    "workbench.colorTheme": "Visual Studio Dark",
+    "workbench.colorTheme": "Community Material Theme Palenight High Contrast",
     // *Integrated terminal Font Family*:
     /*
         @@ field: "terminal.integrated.fontFamily"
diff --git a/src/scripts/shell_scripts_and_aliases.md b/src/scripts/shell_scripts_and_aliases.md
index 40a7c1d..ca571da 100644
--- a/src/scripts/shell_scripts_and_aliases.md
+++ b/src/scripts/shell_scripts_and_aliases.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # A compilation of various functions and aliases
 
+## Single Line Functions and Aliases
+
 ```sh
 # A function to print a numeric value with a given number of leading digits
 padnum() { VALUE=$1; NUMDIGITS=$2; $(which python3) -c "print(f'{${VALUE}:0${NUMDIGITS:-5}}')"; unset VALUE NUMDIGITS; }
@@ -39,6 +41,73 @@ alias toupper='tr [:lower:] [:upper:]'
 ## Generate User Alias
 alias genuseralias='echo $GIT_USER_NAME | cut -d " " -f1 | tolower'
 
+## VS Code generated Core Files handling
+getpath() { _PATH=$1; if [[ -z "${_PATH}" ]]; then _PATH="."; fi; echo ${_PATH}; unset _PATH; }
+getabspath() { (realpath $(getpath $1);) }
+# Create dummy core files: pattern is "core.#####...##"
+mkcoredumps() { _PATH=$(getpath $1); for f in {891..899}; do touch ${_PATH}/core.${f}; done; unset _PATH; }
+# Get a list of core dump files
+getcoredumps() { _PATH=$(getpath $1); ls $_PATH | grep -E 'core\.[0-9]+'; unset _PATH; }
+# Remove core dump files
+rmcoredumps() { (_PATH=$(getpath $1); target_files=$(getcoredumps $_PATH); echo -e "\nDeleting files: \n${target_files}"; _CWD="$(realpath $(pwd))"; cd ${_PATH} && rm ${target_files}; cd ${_CWD}; unset target_files _PATH _CWD;) }
+
+## Generate Hash with OpenSSL
+showopensslver() { echo -e "Using $(openssl version)\n\n"; }
+genhash-sha256() { openssl sha256 ${1} | cut -d "=" -f2 | xargs; }
+genhash-md5() { openssl md5 ${1} | cut -d "=" -f2 | xargs; }
+
+## Get All Admin Users
+# lines to list: seq 5 | xargs
+alias getadmins='cut -d ":" -f1 < /etc/passwd | sort | xargs'
+
+## Date Functions and Aliases
+alias timestamp='date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'
+alias timestampx='date +%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'
+
+## Create backup (tar.gz) files
+# source: sending output to logfile and console: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18462920/8474894
+stringrep() { (_char=$1; _numrep=${2:-20}; _PYTHON=${3:-$(which python3)}; if [[ -z "${_numrep}" ]]; then _numrep=20; fi; "${_PYTHON}" -c "print('${_char}'*${_numrep})"; unset _char _numrep;); }
+createpkg() { (_SEP=$(stringrep - 60); _PORTFOLIO=${PROJ_PORTFOLIO:-Auto}; _WFTKT=${1:-00000}; _ADTKT=${2:-00000}; _PROJ_PATH="/sasdata/crptrs1/pad"; _LOGDIRNAME="logs"; if [[ -z "${_WFTKT}" ]]; then _WFTKT=00000; fi; if [[ -z "${_ADTKT}" ]]; then _ADTKT=00000; fi; _SOURCE_PATH="${_PROJ_PATH}/Truist/${_PORTFOLIO}"; if [[ -d "${_SOURCE_PATH}" ]]; then _CWD=$(realpath $(pwd)); _TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S); _TARGET_PATH="${_PROJ_PATH}/DevOps/${_PORTFOLIO}"; _TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH="${_TARGET_PATH}/codefreeze/code_${_PORTFOLIO}_WF${_WFTKT}_AD${_ADTKT}_${_TIMESTAMP}_package.tar.gz"; _LOGFILE_PATH="${_TARGET_PATH}/${_LOGDIRNAME}/$(basename ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH} | cut -d '.' -f1).log"; mkdir -p $(dirname ${_LOGFILE_PATH}); exec 3>&1 1>>${_LOGFILE_PATH} 2>&1; _HEADER="\n- [x] User: \`${USER}\`\n- [x] Timestamp: \`${_TIMESTAMP}\`  (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)\n- [x] Logfile: \`${_LOGFILE_PATH}\`\n- [x] Portfolio Source Location: \`${_SOURCE_PATH}\`\n- [x] Archiving Portfolio Code: ${_PORTFOLIO}\n"; echo -e "\n${_SEP}\n\n# Process Log:\n${_HEADER}${_SEP}\n\n" | tee /dev/fd/3 && cd ${_SOURCE_PATH} && tar -cvzf ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH} ./code; if [[ -f "${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then echo -e "\n${_SEP}\n\n## [x] Portfolio: \`${_PORTFOLIO}\`\n${_HEADER}\n\n### [x] Ticket Details:\n\n- [x] WorkFront Ticket: \`${_WFTKT}\`\n- [x] Azure DevOps WorkItem: \`#${_ADTKT}\`\n\n### [x] Code Archive File:\n\n- [x] Path: \`${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH}\`\n  - [x] Location: \`$(dirname ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`\n  - [x] Location: \`$(basename ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`\n- [x] SHA256 Hash: \`$(genhash-sha256 ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`\n\n- [x] Status: $(if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then echo 'SUCCESS [x]'; else echo 'FAILURE [x]'; fi;)\n${_SEP}\n\n" | tee /dev/fd/3; unset _TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH; fi; cd ${_CWD}; fi; unset _WFTKT _AD_TKT _SOURCE_PATH _TARGET_PATH _LOGFILE_PATH _HEADER;) }
+
+## Create Directory Structure
+# Example:
+# -run "prepdirs ABC" from location "/sasdata/crptrs1/pad/DevOps" to create the folder structure for ABC portfolio
+prepdirs() { (_PORTFOLIO_NAME=$1; _FOLDERS=${2:-"code codefreeze extractor logs codefreeze/archive"}; _CWD=$(realpath $(pwd)); if [[ ! -z "${_PORTFOLIO_NAME}" ]]; then mkdir -p ${_PORTFOLIO_NAME} && cd ${_PORTFOLIO_NAME} && mkdir -p ${_FOLDERS} && cd ${_CWD}; fi; unset _PORTFOLIO_NAME _CWD _FOLDERS;) }
+
+## Search for Passwords
+# for f in $(ls .); do grep -nHi -E "password=\"(\&\S+\.)?\"" $f; done;
+searchpass() { (_PATH=${1:-$(pwd)}; _HOW=$(echo ${2:-"--simple"} | xargs); _SEP=$(stringrep - 60); if [[ ${_HOW} == "-s" || ${_HOW} == "-simple" ]]; then _SEARCHWITH="(\S+)?"; else _SEARCHWITH="(\&\S+\.)?"; fi; _SEARCH_PATTERN="password=\"${_SEARCHWITH}\""; echo -e "\n${_SEP}\n\nPath: $(realpath ${_PATH})\nSearch Pattern: \"${_SEARCH_PATTERN}\"\n\n${_SEP}\n\n"; if [[ -d "${_PATH}" ]]; then _CWD="$(realpath $(pwd))"; cd ${_PATH}; for f in $(ls ${_PATH}); do if [[ -f "${f}" ]]; then grep -nH -E "${_SEARCH_PATTERN}" "${_PATH}/${f}"; fi; done; cd ${_CWD}; fi; unset f _PATH _HOW _CWD _SEARCHWITH _SEARCH_PATTERN _SEP;) }
+
+## YYYYMM Related
+# Example:
+# command: `pystr 202306 2:` | output: `2306`
+pystr() { (_PYTHON=$(which python3); ${_PYTHON} -c "print(str(${1})[${2:-:}])";) }
+## Func: extract `YYYYMM` part from a string with the format `##:YYYYMM`
+# Example:
+# commdand `getPartYYYYMM 33:202309` | output: `202309`
+getPartYYYYMM() { (echo ${1:-$(date +%d:%Y%m)} | cut -d ":" -f2) }
+## Func: generate a list of YYYYMM values with a start and stop specification
+# Example:
+# command: `genYYYMM 202101 202305` | output: `echo -e "1:202101\n2:202102\n...\n29:202305"`
+genYYYYMM() { (_START=${1:-202101}; _STOP=${2:-$(expr $(date +%d:%Y%m) - 2)}; _NOINDEX=${3:-true}; _START_YYYY=$(pystr ${_START} :4); _STOP_YYYY=$(pystr ${_STOP} :4); _START_MM=$(pystr ${_START} -2:); _STOP_MM=$(pystr ${_STOP} -2:); idx=0; for YYYY in $(seq ${_START_YYYY} ${_STOP_YYYY}); do for MM in {01..12}; do idx=$(expr $idx + 1); YYYYMM=${YYYY}${MM}; if [[ ${_START} -le ${YYYYMM} && ${_STOP} -ge ${YYYYMM} ]]; then if [[ "${_NOINDEX}" == "true" ]]; then _PKG="${YYYYMM}"; else _PKG="${idx}:${YYYYMM}"; fi; echo -e "${_PKG}"; fi; done; done; unset _START _START_YYYY _START_MM _STOP _STOP_YYYY _STOP_MM YYYY MM YYYYMM _PKG;) }
+
+## Func: generate SQL for tables with UNION ALL
+# Example:
+# command: `genSQLUnionAllTables 202101 202105 out some_table_name`
+# output:
+# select * from (
+#         select &COL_NAMES. from out.some_table_name_202101
+#         UNION ALL
+#         select &COL_NAMES. from out.some_table_name_202102
+#         UNION ALL
+#         select &COL_NAMES. from out.some_table_name_202103
+#         UNION ALL
+#         select &COL_NAMES. from out.some_table_name_202104
+#         UNION ALL
+#         select &COL_NAMES. from out.some_table_name_202105
+# )
+genSQLUnionAllTables() { (_START=${1:-202101}; _STOP=${2:-$(expr $(date +%d:%Y%m) - 2)}; _LIBREF=${3:-outputs}; _TABLE_PREFIX=${4:-pad_lns_auto}; _UNION_TYPE=${5:-"UNION ALL"}; idx=0; _SQL=""; for YYYYMM in $(genYYYYMM ${_START} ${_STOP}); do idx=$(expr $idx + 1); _SQL="${_SQL}$(if [[ $idx == 1 ]]; then echo ""; else echo "\n\t${_UNION_TYPE}"; fi;)\n\tselect &COL_NAMES. from ${_LIBREF}.${_TABLE_PREFIX}_${YYYYMM}"; done; echo -e "select * from (${_SQL}\n)"; unset _START _STOP _LIBREF _TABLE_PREFIX _UNION_TYPE YYYYMM idx _SQL;) }
+
 ## Setting up SSH
 mkdir -p ~/.ssh
 mkfile() { _FPATH=$1; if [[ -f "${_FPATH}" ]]; then touch ${_FPATH}; fi; unset _FPATH; }
@@ -48,3 +117,190 @@ mkfile ~/.ssh/sshd_config
 mkfile ~/.ssh_setup
 
 ```
+
+## Multiline Functions
+
+Here we expand some of the single line shellscript functions into multilines
+for enhanced readability and maintainability.
+
+```sh
+
+stringrep() { (
+    #----------------
+    # Example Usage:
+    # stringrep - 30
+    #----------------
+    _char=$1;
+    _numrep=${2:-20};
+    _PYTHON=${3:-$(which python3)};
+    if [[ -z "${_numrep}" ]]; then _numrep=20; fi;
+    "${_PYTHON}" -c "print('${_char}'*${_numrep})";
+    unset _char _numrep;
+    )
+}
+
+createpkg() { (
+    # read in portfolio name from the environment variable ${PROJ_PORTFOLIO}
+    _PORTFOLIO=${PROJ_PORTFOLIO:-Auto};
+    # workfront ticket number
+    _WFTKT=${1:-00000};
+    # azure-devops ticket (workitem) number
+    _ADTKT=${2:-00000};
+    # define the path of the project root
+    _PROJ_PATH="/sasdata/crptrs1/pad";
+    # define the name of the logfile directory
+    _LOGDIRNAME="logs";
+    # generate and save formatted-separator for log and console outputs
+    _SEP=$(stringrep - 60);
+    # assign default values if empty value is passed
+    if [[ -z "${_WFTKT}" ]]; then _WFTKT=00000; fi;
+    if [[ -z "${_ADTKT}" ]]; then _ADTKT=00000; fi;
+    # define source folder path of the portfolio
+    _SOURCE_PATH="${_PROJ_PATH}/Truist/${_PORTFOLIO}";
+    # process iff valid source path: ${_SOURCE_PATH}
+    if [[ -d "${_SOURCE_PATH}" ]]; then
+        # capture current working directory (full path)
+        _CWD=$(realpath $(pwd));
+        # generate timestamp string to use in "*.tar.gz" filename
+        _TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S);
+        # define target folder path of the portfolio
+        _TARGET_PATH="${_PROJ_PATH}/DevOps/${_PORTFOLIO}";
+        # define archive filename: *.tar.gz
+        _TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH="${_TARGET_PATH}/codefreeze/code_${_PORTFOLIO}_WF${_WFTKT}_AD${_ADTKT}_${_TIMESTAMP}_package.tar.gz";
+        # define logfile path (generated from the archive file's name)
+        _LOGFILE_PATH="${_TARGET_PATH}/${_LOGDIRNAME}/$(basename ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH} | cut -d '.' -f1).log";
+        # create logfile directory if it does not exist already
+        mkdir -p $(dirname ${_LOGFILE_PATH});
+        # set the output to route to both logfile and the console
+        exec 3>&1 1>>${_LOGFILE_PATH} 2>&1;
+        # prepare message header
+        _HEADER="";
+        _HEADER="${_HEADER}\n- [x] User: \`${USER}\`";
+        _HEADER="${_HEADER}\n- [x] Timestamp: \`${_TIMESTAMP}\`  (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)";
+        _HEADER="${_HEADER}\n- [x] Logfile: \`${_LOGFILE_PATH}\`";
+        _HEADER="${_HEADER}\n- [x] Portfolio Source Location: \`${_SOURCE_PATH}\`";
+        _HEADER="${_HEADER}\n- [x] Archiving Portfolio Code: ${_PORTFOLIO}\n";
+        # prepare message preamble (formatted header)
+        _PREAMBLE="\n${_SEP}\n\n# Process Log:\n${_HEADER}${_SEP}\n\n";
+        # send preamble to both logfile and the console
+        echo -e "${_PREAMBLE}" | tee /dev/fd/3 \
+            # change directory to the ${_SOURCE_PATH}
+            && cd ${_SOURCE_PATH} \
+            # create "*.tar.gz" file from the "code" folder contents
+            && tar -cvzf ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH} ./code;
+        # conditionally prepare log summary body iff the previous command was successful
+        if [[ -f "${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+            # prepare summary body
+            _BODY="";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n### [x] Ticket Details:\n";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n- [x] WorkFront Ticket: \`${_WFTKT}\`";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n- [x] Azure DevOps WorkItem: \`#${_ADTKT}\`\n";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n### [x] Code Archive File:\n\n- [x] Path: \`${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH}\`";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n  - [x] Location: \`$(dirname ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n  - [x] Location: \`$(basename ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n- [x] SHA256 Hash: \`$(genhash-sha256 ${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH})\`\n";
+            _BODY="${_BODY}\n- [x] Status: $(if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then echo 'SUCCESS [x]'; else echo 'FAILURE [x]'; fi;)";
+            # prepare complete summary
+            _SUMMARY="\n${_SEP}\n\n## [x] Portfolio: \`${_PORTFOLIO}\`\n${_HEADER}\n${_BODY}\n${_SEP}\n\n";
+            # send summary to both logfile and the console
+            echo -e "${_SUMMARY}" | tee /dev/fd/3;
+            unset _BODY _SUMMARY;
+        else:
+            # send error message to both logfile and the console
+            echo -e "ERROR:: Archive file failed to generate at path: \`${_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH}\`\n" | tee /dev/fd/3;
+        fi;
+        # change directory back to original working directory
+        cd ${_CWD};
+        unset \
+            _CWD \
+            _TIMESTAMP \
+            _TARGET_PATH \
+            _TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH \
+            _LOGFILE_PATH \
+            _HEADER _PREAMBLE;
+    else:
+        # send error message to both logfile and the console
+        echo -e "ERROR:: Invalid Source Path: \`${_SOURCE_PATH}\`\n" | tee /dev/fd/3;
+    fi;
+    unset \
+        _WFTKT \
+        _ADTKT \
+        _SOURCE_PATH \
+        _LOGDIRNAME \
+        _PORTFOLIO;
+    )
+}
+```
+
+## Variable Substitution in a Script
+
+### Method-1: `with shell-script`
+
+Reads in a file and looks for a specific line where a given environment variable is exported and returns that line.
+
+Usage: `varfetch <ENV_VAR_NAME> <FILE_PATH>`
+
+Example: `varfetch GIT_USER_NAME ./trialsub.sh`
+
+```bash
+varfetch() { (cat ${2:-${_FILEPATH:-trialsub.sh}} | grep -nE "^export ${1:-${_TARGET_VARIABLE:-GIT_USER_NAME}}=\"(.*)\"" | cut -d ":" -f2; unset _FILEPATH _TARGET_VARIABLE;); }
+```
+
+Where, sa sample `trialsub.sh` file is as follows. But you can replace it with anything you like.
+
+```sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export GIT_USER_NAME="Your Name"
+export GIT_USER_EMAIL="your.name@work.com"
+# some other text
+echo "GIT_USER_NAME: ${GIT_USER_NAME}"
+echo "GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${GIT_USER_EMAIL}"
+
+## Patterns:
+## GIT_USER_NAME: (?:^export\s+GIT_USER_NAME=['"])(\S+\s?\S+)(?:['"]\s?\n)
+## GIT_USER_EMAIL: (?:^export\s+GIT_USER_EMAIL=['"])(\S+)(?:['"]\s?\n)
+## PYTHON:
+## GIT_USER_NAME: r"(?:^export\s+GIT_USER_NAME=['\"](\S+\s?\S+)['\"]\s?\n)"gm
+
+```
+
+Now given the  file `trialsub.sh`, if you want to update the `GIT_USER_NAME` environment variable and redefine the file, you can use the following:
+
+```sh
+varsub() { (_TARGET_VARIABLE="${1:-GIT_USER_NAME}"; _NEWVAL="${3:-\$\{_${_TARGET_VARIABLE}\}}"; _FILEPATH="${2:-trialsub.sh}"; _DRYRUN=${4:+"--dryrun"}; _OLDLINE=$(varfetch "${_TARGET_VARIABLE}" "${_FILEPATH}"); _OLDVAL=$(echo "${_OLDLINE}" | cut -d "=" -f2 | xargs); _NEWLINE=$(echo "${_OLDLINE}" | sed -e "s/${_OLDVAL}/${_NEWVAL}/g"); if [[ "${_DRYRUN}" == "--dryrun" ]]; then echo -e "\n\t- OLDLINE: ${_OLDLINE}\t|  OLDVAL: ${_OLDVAL}\n\t- NEWLINE: ${_NEWLINE}\t|  NEWVAL: ${_NEWVAL}\n" | column -t; fi; _NEWCONTENT=$(cat "${_FILEPATH}" | sed -e "s/${_OLDLINE}/${_NEWLINE}/g"); echo -e "${_NEWCONTENT}"; unset _OLDVAL _NEWVAL _OLDLINE _NEWLINE _TARGET_VARIABLE _FILEPATH _DRYRUN _NEWCONTENT;); }
+```
+
+Usage: `varsub <ENV_VAR_NAME> <FILE_PATH> <ENV_VAR_VALUE> [--dryrun]`
+
+Example: 
+
+- regular use: `varsub GIT_USER_EMAIL ./trialsub.sh "Your.Name@workplace.com"`
+- dryrun use: `varsub GIT_USER_EMAIL ./trialsub.sh "Your.Name@workplace.com" --dryrun`
+
+### Method-2: `with python`
+
+Use python to define the exported environment variables.
+
+```sh
+_PKG='GIT_USER_NAME:"Your Name"|GIT_USER_EMAIL:"Your.Name@workplace.com"|USER_ALIAS="yourname"|USER_TEAM_NAME="smgrp"'
+exportvars() { (python3 -c "print('\n'.join(['export ' + e.strip().replace(':','=') for e in sorted('${_VAR_STRING:-${1}}'.split('|'))]))"); }
+```
+
+Usage: 
+
+```sh
+# Define Variable String:
+_VAR_STRING='GIT_USER_NAME:"Your Name"|GIT_USER_EMAIL:"Your.Name@workplace.com"|USER_ALIAS="yourname"|USER_TEAM_NAME="smgrp"'
+
+# Run exportvars with the variable string
+exportvars ${_VAR_STRING}
+
+## output:
+# export GIT_USER_EMAIL="Your.Name@workplace.com"
+# export GIT_USER_NAME="Your Name"
+# export USER_ALIAS="yourname"
+# export USER_TEAM_NAME="smgrp"
+```
+
+Then you can store these variables in a file and load it up while runnning `~/.bashrc` with `source ~/.bashrc`.