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+function load_default_keyboard
+{
+# If a keyboard data file does not exist then the user
+# prompted to load the standard keyboard data into the
+# $KEYBOARD_FILE, which is defined in the main body of
+# the shell script.
+
+clear  # Clear the screen
+
+$ECHO "\nLoad the default keyboard data file? (Y/N): \c"
+read REPLY
+
+case $REPLY in
+y|Y) :
+     ;;
+  *) $ECHO "\nSkipping the load of the default keyboard file...\n"
+     return
+     ;;
+esac
+
+cat /dev/null > $KEYBOARD_FILE
+
+$ECHO "\nLoading the Standard Keyboard File...\c"
+
+# Loop through each character in the following list and
+# append each character to the $KEYBOARD_FILE file. This
+# produces a file with one character on each line.
+
+for CHAR in \` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = \\ q w e r t y u i o \
+             p \[ \] a s d f g h j k l \; \' z x c v b n m \, \
+             \. \/ \\ \~ \! \@ \# \$ \% \^ \& \* \( \) _ \+ \| \
+             Q W E R T Y U I O P \{ \} A S D F G H J K L \: \" \
+             Z X C V B N M \< \> \? \| \. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \/ \
+             \* \- \+
+do
+     $ECHO "$CHAR" >> $KEYBOARD_FILE
+done
+$ECHO "\n\n\t...Done...\n"
+
+sleep 1
+}
+