[bash] wanted: function with a clean way for multiple return values
Hi,
I have a small part of a project which is done as a bash script. bash was selected as an portability issue that works out of the box. In this script I have an exec shell-function, a wrapper around arbitrary commands. I want to have STDOUT, as an addon STDERR and the EXIT-CODE of a specified command.
I'd like to have a clean wrapper, but my solution at the moment is ugly and does not produce clean code at the calling side. Maybe you have some hints to improve it.
In saying "clean" I'm thinking of side effect free programming, i. e. don't get into a mess with global variables and encapsulate all within the _exec function and just have that function to be called. (In the current situation, I have to use an additional line for every extra parameter I'm getting from _exec in the calling function.) I'd like to avoid eval("eval" should better be named "evil") too .
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i have used as
#!/usr/bin/ksh
calc()
{
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echo "$total"
diff=$2-$1
echo "$diff"
}
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