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changeColor () {
  ## Usage
  local help_message="\
Usage:
  changeColor ((fg|bg|light|light-bg)? color (bold|dim|underlined|inverted)*)+
Example:
  changeColor fg red light-bg green underlined bold"
  #/>

  ## local properties

zvyn

#!/bin/bash

# generates a string in the form of an array-declaration and puts it into declare -A
declare -A exit_status=$(echo -n "( \
[output]=\"" ; cat /no/such/file 2>&1 ; echo -en "\"
[errno]=$?
)")

# to test it:
echo error ${exit_status[errno]}: ${exit_status[output]} >/dev/stderr

zvyn

#!/bin/bash

function list-package-sizes () {
if [ $1 ]; then
    case $1 in
        -h|--help)
            local errno=0
            ;;
        *)
            local errno=1