diff --git a/etc/mkdir-touch-active.sh b/etc/mkdir-touch-active.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+set -euo pipefail
+
+umask 022
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display an error mesage then exit with shell exit status
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+function error()
+{
+    local iam="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}::${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+    echo "$iam: ERROR: $*"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display a message labeled for the running script
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+function func_echo()
+{
+    local iam="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}::${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+    echo "$iam: $*"
+    return
+}
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display a message labeled for the running script
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+function usage()
+{
+    [[ $# -gt 0 ]] && echo "$*"
+
+    func_echo "USAGE: $0 [args] dir[, .. dir]"
+    cat <<EOH
+Create a directory structure required for Dockerfile use.
+  --debug     Enable debug mode
+  --help      This message
+EOH
+   
+    return
+}
+
+##----------------##
+##---]  MAIN  [---##
+##----------------##
+func_echo "HELLO"
+
+declare -a dirs=()
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    arg="$1"; shift
+    case "$arg" in
+	-*debug) set -x ;;
+	-*help) usage ;;
+	-*) error "Detected unknown switch [$arg]" ;;
+	*) dirs+=("$arg") ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[[ ${#dirs[@]} -eq 0 ]] && {
+    usage "At least one directory is required"
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+for dir in "${dirs[@]}";
+do
+    active="$dir/active"
+    mkdir -p "$dir"
+    touch "$active"
+done
+
+# find "${dirs[@]}" -ls
+
+# [EOF]