Question

I’m working on a shell script and I have some lines of code that are duplicated (copy pasted, let’s say).

I want those lines to be in a function. What is the proper syntax to use?

And what changes shoud I do in order for those functions to receive parameters?

Here goes an example.

I need to turn this:

amount=1
echo "The value is $amount"
amount=2
echo "The value is $amount"

Into something like this:

function display_value($amount) {
    echo "The value is $amount"
}

amount=1
display_value($amount)
amount=2
display_value($amount)

It is just an example, but I think it’s clear enough.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

function display_value() {
    echo "The value is $1"
}

amount=1
display_value $amount
amount=2
display_value $amount