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+# miscellaneous utility playbooks
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+## Introduction
+
+This project contains a number of miscellaneous utility playbooks, including;
+
+* base_pkgs.yml
+* bash_mods.yml
+* chk_upgrades.yml
+* create_user.yml
+* rem_base_pkgs.yml
+* run_role.yml
+