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Pass-by-reference example in Bash
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pass-by-reference.sh
#!/bin/bash -e
set -o pipefail
referrer() {
local -n reference="$1"
echo "In referrer: ${!reference}"
reference=reassigned
}
passer() {
local variable=original
referrer variable
echo "Back in passer: $variable"
}
passer
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