How do I use su to execute the rest of the bash script as that user?

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Much simpler: use sudo to run a shell and use a heredoc to feed it commands.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
whoami
sudo -i -u someuser bash << EOF
echo "In"
whoami
EOF
echo "Out"
whoami

(answer originally on SuperUser)

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