Adds a README.md file to bin that indicates script usage (#2024)

* Adds a README.md file to bin that indicates script usage

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+#Scripts in `bin` and their purpose
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+Programs run via `autogen.sh` (or the equivalent in CMake) are indicated.
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+|Program|Purpose|
+|-------|-------|
+|`buildhdf5`|Convenience script to build HDF5 using the Autotools|
+|`checkapi`|Checks if public API calls are used in internal functions|
+|`checkposix`|Checks if C/POSIX calls are prefixed with `HD`|
+|`chkcopyright`|Checks if files have appropriate copyright statements|
+|`cmakehdf5`|Convenience script to build HDF5 using CMake|
+|`debug-ohdr`|Examines debug output from `H5O_open/close` to look for open objects|
+|`deploy`|Deploys HDF5 to a location in the file system|
+|`format_source`|Runs `clang-format` over the source files, applying our rules|
+|`genparser`|Creates the flex/bison-based parser files in the high-level library|
+|`h5cc.in`|Input file from which h5cc is created|
+|`h5redeploy.in`|Input file from which h5redeploy is created|
+|`h5vers`|Updates the library version number|
+|`make_err`|Generates the H5E header files (called in `autogen.sh`)|
+|`make_vers`|Generates H5version.h (called in `autogen.sh`)|
+|`make_overflow`|Generates H5overflow.h (called in `autogen.sh`)|
+|`output_filter`|Used in the tools test code to strip extraneous output before we diff files|
+|`restore.sh`|Removes files generated by `autogen.sh`|
+|`runbkprog`|Used by CMake to run test programs in the background|
+|`switch_maint_mode`|Switches maintainer mode on/off in `configure.ac`|
+|`trace`|Adds `TRACE` macros to HDF5 C library source files (run by `autogen.sh`)|
+|`warnhist`|Generates compiler warning statistics for gcc/clang when fed output of make|