Returning a boolean from a Bash function

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Use 0 for true and 1 for false.

Sample:

#!/bin/bash

isdirectory() {
  if [ -d "$1" ]
  then
    # 0 = true
    return 0 
  else
    # 1 = false
    return 1
  fi
}


if isdirectory $1; then echo "is directory"; else echo "nopes"; fi

Edit

From @amichair’s comment, these are also possible

isdirectory() {
  if [ -d "$1" ]
  then
    true
  else
    false
  fi
}


isdirectory() {
  [ -d "$1" ]
}

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