Bash Return Multiple Values from a Function using an Associative Array
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Internal
Invocation
declare -A CONFIG
load-config CONFIG
echo ${CONFIG["SOMETHING"]}
Function Declaration
function load-config() {
local map_var_name=$1
declare -A | grep -q "declare -A ${map_var_name}" || fail "no ${map_var_name} associative array declared"
local key="SOMETHING"
local value="BLAH"
eval "${map_var_name}[\"${key}\"]=${value}"
}