RosettaCodeData/Task/Generic-swap/UNIX-Shell/generic-swap-1.sh

$ swap() { typeset -n var1=$1 var2=$2; set -- "$var1" "$var2"; var1=$2; var2=$1; }
$ a=1 b=2
$ echo $a $b
1 2
$ swap a b
$ echo $a $b
2 1
$ swap a b
$ echo $a $b
1 2