How to call a function in shell Scripting?

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You don’t specify which shell (there are many), so I am assuming Bourne Shell, that is I think your script starts with:

#!/bin/sh

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You need to define your functions before you call them. Using ():

process_install()
{
    echo "Performing process_install() commands, using arguments [${*}]..."
}

process_exit()
{
    echo "Performing process_exit() commands, using arguments [${*}]..."
}

Then you can call your functions, just as if you were calling any command:

if [ "$choice" = "true" ]
then
    process_install foo bar
elif [ "$choice" = "false" ]
then
    process_exit baz qux

You may also wish to check for invalid choices at this juncture…

else
    echo "Invalid choice [${choice}]..."
fi

See it run with three different values of ${choice}.

Good luck!

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