#!/bin/bash function addition { local FIRST=$1 local SECOND=$2 let RESULT=FIRST+SECOND echo "Result is: $RESULT" let FIRST++ let SECOND++ return $RESULT } #do the addition of two numbers echo -n "Enter first number: " read FIRST echo -n "Enter second number: " read SECOND addition $FIRST $SECOND echo "RETURN: $?" echo "Printing variable:" echo "FIRST: $FIRST" echo "SECOND: $SECOND"