How to return a string value from a Bash function

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3236871/how-to-return-a-string-value-from-a-bash-function

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You could have the function take a variable as the first arg and modify the variable with the string you want to return. #!/bin/bash set -x function pass_back_a_string() { eval "$1='foo bar rab oof'" } return_var='' pass_back_a_string return_var echo $return_var Prints "foo bar rab oof".