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linux function return

function myfunc()
{
    local  myresult='some value'
    echo "$myresult"
}

result=$(myfunc)   # or result=`myfunc`
echo $result

linux function return

function myfunc()
{
    local  result=$1
    local  myresult='some value'
    eval $result="'$myresult'"
}

myfunc result
echo $result