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Bash - run function and put output to string variable
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In this article, we would like to show you how to run function in string and assign result to variable in Bash.
In this example, we create example say_hello() function and run it inside a strings assigning results to the corresponding variables.
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function say_hello() {4
echo "Hello $1";5
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# Usage example:9
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name_1="Tom"11
result_1="$(say_hello "$name_1")" # runs say_hello() and puts output into result_1 variable12
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name_2="Mark"14
result_2="$(say_hello "$name_2")" # runs say_hello() and puts output into result_2 variable15
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echo "name: $string_1 result: $result_1"17
echo "name: $string_2 result: $result_2"
