Re: [Help-bash] Adding missing bash features for safely re-usable bash code

[DJ Mills]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:52 AM, adrelanos <address@hidden> wrote:

I miss a feature to return non-integers from bash functions, i.e. to
return strings from bash functions.

my_bash_function() {
   return "some_string"
}

string="`my_bash_function`"

There are workarounds, yes, but nothing as simple as the one liner.

''return'' is like ''exit'' for functions, think of it as exit status. What you gave doesn't capture that...
func() {
  echo "some_string"
}

string=$(func)

As an aside, don't use back ticks